MATH319 Slides

153 Coprime factorisation in the stable rational functions

Definition (Coprime)

Let P(s),Q(s)𝒮 be non zero. We say that P and Q are coprime if there exist X(s) and Y(s) in 𝒮 such that

P(s)X(s)+Q(s)Y(s)=1.

Proposition

Let G(s) be a complex rational function. Then there exist P(s) and Q(s) in 𝒮 such that

G(s)=P(s)Q(s)

and P(s) and Q(s) are coprime in 𝒮.