A class of single-input single-output systems stabilizable by reduced- order controllers (Q1108249)

For a linear system described by a rational transfer function it is shown that there exists an (n-l-k)-th order stabilizing controller (n being the denominator degree) provided one of the remainder polynomials, occuring in the Euclidean algorithm applied to the numerator and denominator polynomials, is a k-th order Hurwitz polynomial.