A method to determine whether two polynomials are relatively prime
Author :
Vogt, W. ; Bose, N.
Author_Institution :
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume :
15
Issue :
3
fYear :
1970
fDate :
6/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
379
Lastpage :
380
Abstract :
In this paper, it is established that a necessary and sufficient condition for two monic polynomials and to have a common root is that or , where and are, respectively, the companion matrices associated with and . The simplicity of this method is illustrated by examples.
Keywords :
Poles and zeros; Polynomials; Automatic control; Control systems; Lyapunov method; Polynomials; Stability; Sufficient conditions; System testing;