On a root distribution criterion for interval polynomials

H. Kokame and T. Mori (1991) and C.B. Soh (1990) derived conditions under which an interval polynomial has a given number of roots in the open left-half plane and the other roots in the open right-half plane. However, the one-shot-test approach using Sylvester´s resultant matrices and Bezoutian matrices implies that the implemented conditions are only sufficient (not necessary) for an interval polynomial to have at least one root in the open left-half plane and open right-half plane. Alternative necessary and sufficient conditions, which only require the root locations of four polynomials to check the root distribution of an interval polynomial, are presented