MATH319 Slides

155 Proof

(1) We have shown that 𝐂(s) and 𝐂(1/(s+1)) are isomorphic. The issue is to show that we can choose P(s) and Q(s) coprime in 𝒮. Since G(s) is rational, we can write G(s)=M(s)/N(s) where complex polynomials M,N have no common zeros.

(2) We introduce a new variable λ=1/(1+s) and write

M~(λ)=λmM(1-λλ)
N~(λ)=λmN(1-λλ)

where m is the maximum of the degrees of M and N, so that M~(λ) and N~(λ) are polynomials. Now M~(λ) and N~(λ) have no common zeros. The problematic case is λ=0, but we note that M~(0) is the mth coefficient of M, and N~(0) is the mth coefficient of N; so either M~(0) or N~(0) is not zero by the choice of m.