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)=λm⁢M⁢(1-λλ)
N~⁢(λ)=λm⁢N⁢(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 mt⁢h coefficient of M, and N~⁢(0) is the mt⁢h coefficient of N; so either M~⁢(0) or N~⁢(0) is not zero by the choice of m.