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61 Conclusion of the proof

Note that A is a companion matrix, so by Proposition 20,

det⁡(s⁢I-A)=sn+αn-1⁢sn-1+…+α1⁢s+α0.

Hence

T⁢(s)=C⁢adj⁢(s⁢I-A)⁢Bdet⁡(s⁢I-A)
=γ0+γ1⁢s+…+γn-1⁢sn-1sn+αn-1⁢sn-1+…+α0.