6.3 Smith Form of Mixed Polynomial Matrices 357
This expression, however, is no longer valid if specific numerical values are
given to the parameters in T . Namely, it can be verified easily that Σ
A
(s)=
diag [s + τ
1
,s+ τ
1
]ifτ
1
=1/τ
2
= τ
3
, and otherwise the first expression is
valid. It is emphasized that the theorems of this section deal with the generic
situation where no algebraic relation exists among the parameters in T . 2
Before entering into the Smith form it is in order to point out a remarkable
implication of the stronger condition on Q(s):
(MP-Q2) Every nonvanishing subdeterminant of Q(s) is a monomial
over K, i.e., of the form αs
p
with α ∈ K and an integer p,
introduced for physical-dimensional consistency. If A(s)=Q(s)+T (s)is
nonsingular, its determinant is a nonvanishing polynomial in (s, T )overK.
The following lemma claims that det A(s) contains no (nonmonomial) poly-
nomial in s free from T as an irreducible factor in K[s, T ]. This fact affords
a rich structure to the class of mixed polynomial matrices with the condition
(MP-Q2) (see Remark 6.2.10 for another implication of (MP-Q2)).
Lemma 6.3.2. For a nonsingular mixed polynomial matrix A(s)=Q(s)+
T (s) satisfying the stronger condition (MP-Q2), the decomposition of det A(s)
into irreducible factors in K[s, T ] is expressed as
det A(s)=αs
p
·
k
ψ
k
(s, T ),
where α ∈ K \{0}, p is a nonnegative integer, and ψ
k
(s, T ) ∈ K[s, T ] \K[s]
and ψ
k
(s, T ) is irreducible in K[s, T ] for each k.Hence,det A(z)=0for z
algebraic over K(T ) implies either z =0or z is transcendental over K.
Proof. By (6.4) we have
A(s) = diag [s
r
1
, ···,s
r
n
] · (Q(1) +
˜
T (s)) · diag [s
−c
1
, ···,s
−c
n
],
where
˜
T (s) = diag [s
−r
1
, ···,s
−r
n
] ·T (s) ·diag [s
c
1
, ···,s
c
n
]. For any nonzero
number, say z, that is algebraic over K, Q(1) +
˜
T (z) is a mixed matrix
with respect to (K, F (z)). Applications of Theorem 4.2.8 to Q(1) +
˜
T (s)and
Q(1) +
˜
T (z) show that the nonsingularity of A(s) implies that of A(z). This
means that det A(s) has no factor in K[s] except for a monomial in s.
The properties of the Smith form of A(s) are stated in Theorems 6.3.3 and
6.3.4 below. The former refers to e
k
(s)fork =1, ···,r−1, whereas the latter
to e
r
(s). Recall the notation ord
s
(·) for the lowest degree of a nonvanishing
term of a polynomial (cf. §2.1.1).
Theorem 6.3.3. Let A(s)=Q(s)+T (s) be a mixed polynomial matrix of
rank r with respect to (K, F ).Fork =1, ···,r− 1, the kth monic determi-
nantal divisor d
k
(s) and the kth monic invariant factor e
k
(s) of A(s) contain