An Explicit Jordan Decomposition of Companion Matrices

We derive a closed form for the Jordan decomposition of companion matrices including properties of generalized eigenvectors. As a consequence, we provide a formula for the inverse of confluent Vandermonde matrices and results on sensitivity of multiple roots of polynomials.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: F.S.V. Bazán, S. Gratton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional 2006-06-01
Series:Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics
Online Access:https://tcam.sbmac.org.br/tema/article/view/248