Factorization Problems for Nonmonic Matrix Polynomials (Q3977065)

Let \(L(\lambda)=\sum^ n_{j=0}A_ j\lambda^ j\) be a matrix polynomial with \(A_ j\in {\mathbb{C}}^{m\times m}\), \(j=0,1,\ldots,n\). The authors consider the factorization problems given by \(L(\lambda)=L_ 1(\lambda)L_ 2(\lambda)\cdots L_ k(\lambda)\), where \(L_ i(\lambda)=\sum_{j=0}^{n_ i}A_{ij}\lambda^ j\), \(i=1,\ldots,k\), and \(\sum^ k_{i=1}n_ i=n\), under the assumption of the regularity conditions \(\det L_ i\not\equiv 0\) for \(i=2,\ldots,k\) or \(L_ i(\lambda)=\sum^{n_ i-1}_{j=0}A_{ij}\lambda^ j+I\lambda^{n_ i}\), \(i=2,\ldots,k\), or \(L_ i(\lambda)=I+\sum^{n_ i}_{j=1}A_{ij}\lambda^ j\), \(i=2,\ldots,k\). They reveal a relation between the strict equivalence of two suitable pencils and the above mentioned factorization problems. These pencils are defined by the comonic companion matrices of certain matrix polynomials associated with \(L(\lambda),L_ 1(\lambda),\ldots,L_ k(\lambda)\).