Preinjective subfactors of preinjective Kronecker modules

Using a representation theoretical approach we give an explicit numerical characterization in terms of Kronecker invariants of the subfactor relation between two preinjective (and dually preprojective) Kronecker modules, describing explicitly a so called linking module as well. Preinjective (preprojective) Kronecker modules correspond to matrix pencils having only minimal indices for columns (respectively for rows). Thus our result gives a solution to the subpencil problem in these cases (including the completion), moreover the required computations are straightforward and can be carried out easily (both for checking the subpencil relation and constructing the completion pencils based on the linking module). We showcase our method by carrying out the computations on an explicit example.