S-matrices (Q794744)

Given a complex matrix A consider the matrix B obtained from A by adding a column consisting of \(1,x,x^ 2,..\). where x is an indeterminate. Let r be the rank of A. The matrix A is said to be an S-matrix if the gcd of all subdeterminants of B of order \(r+1\) is a polynomial of degree r. Existence and uniqueness of a decomposition of an S-matrix into a quasidirect sum of indecomposable summands is proved. Connections with Vandermonde matrices, Hankel matrices, infinite companion matrices [cf. the reviewer, ibid. 1, 245-260 (1968; Zbl 0159.323) and ibid. 49, 57-78 (1983; Zbl 0506.15015)] are pointed out.