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Factorization of a Matrix Differential Operator Using Functions in its Kernel

Rings and Algebras 2015-09-18 v1

Abstract

Just as knowing some roots of a polynomial allows one to factor it, a well-known result provides a factorization of any scalar differential operator given a set of linearly independent functions in its kernel. This note provides a straight-forward generalization to the case of matrix coefficient differential operators that applies even in the case that the leading coefficient is singular.

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@article{arxiv.1509.05105,
  title  = {Factorization of a Matrix Differential Operator Using Functions in its Kernel},
  author = {Alex Kasman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.05105},
  year   = {2015}
}
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