Matrices of rational numbers, state group realizations and straight bases of abelian groups (Q1821178)

The basic idea of this approach relies on the analogy between the state space realizations of matrices over an algebraically closed field F(z), i.e. \(W(z)=C(zI-A)^{-1}B+D(z)\); \(W\in F^{s\times t}(z)\) and the so called state group realizations of matrices over Q, i.e. \(W=C(P-N)^{- 1}B+D\); \(W\in Q^{s\times t}\), where \(P-N=diag(p_ 1I-N_ 1,...,p_ kI-N_ k)\), \(p_ 1,...,p_ k\) primes, \(N_ i\) nilpotent and P-N, C, B are partitioned correspondingly. In order to make the transition from mappings defining a state space model over F(z) to constant matrices of rational numbers, the concepts of straight bases and Jordan bases are introduced.