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Given a matrix-valued function $\mathcal{F}(\lambda)=\sum_{i=1}^d f_i(\lambda) A_i$, with complex matrices $A_i$ and $f_i(\lambda)$ entire functions for $i=1,\ldots,d$, we discuss a method for the numerical approximation of the distance to…
The problem of finding the distance from a given $n \times n$ matrix polynomial of degree $k$ to the set of matrix polynomials having the elementary divisor $(\lambda-\lambda_0)^j, \, j \geqslant r,$ for a fixed scalar $\lambda_0$ and $2…
Structured Low-Rank Approximation is a problem arising in a wide range of applications in Numerical Analysis and Engineering Sciences. Given an input matrix $M$, the goal is to compute a matrix $M'$ of given rank $r$ in a linear or affine…
Consider an $n\times n$ matrix polynomial $P(\lambda)$ and a set $\Sigma$ consisting of $k \le n$ distinct complex numbers. In this paper, a (weighted) spectral norm distance from $P(\lambda)$ to the matrix polynomials whose spectra include…
We treat the problem of the Frobenius distance evaluation from a given matrix $ A \in \mathbb R^{n\times n} $ with distinct eigenvalues to the manifold of matrices with multiple eigenvalues. On restricting considerations to the rank $ 1 $…
Consider an $n \times n$ matrix polynomial $P(\lambda)$. A spectral norm distance from $P(\lambda)$ to the set of $n \times n$ matrix polynomials that have a given scalar $\mu\in\mathbb{C}$ as a multiple eigenvalue was introduced and…
We combine the known methods for univariate polynomial root-finding and for computations in the Frobenius matrix algebra with our novel techniques to advance numerical solution of a univariate polynomial equation, and in particular…
This paper is concerned with the distance of a symmetric tridiagonal Toeplitz matrix $T$ to the variety of similarly structured singular matrices, and with determining the closest matrix to $T$ in this variety. Explicit formulas are…
In this article we study the structured distance to singularity for a nonsingular matrix $A\in\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$, with a prescribed linear structure $\mathcal{S}$ (for instance, a sparsity pattern, or a real Toeplitz structure), i.e.,…
Consider an $n \times n$ matrix polynomial $P(\lambda)$. An upper bound for a spectral norm distance from $P(\lambda)$ to the set of $n \times n$ matrix polynomials that have a given scalar $\mu\in\mathbb{C}$ as a multiple eigenvalue was…
We propose an algorithm that approximates a given matrix polynomial of degree $d$ by another skew-symmetric matrix polynomial of a specified rank and degree at most $d$. The algorithm is built on recent advances in the theory of generic…
We consider the problem of computing the nearest matrix polynomial with a non-trivial Smith Normal Form. We show that computing the Smith form of a matrix polynomial is amenable to numeric computation as an optimization problem.…
This work concerns the distance in 2-norm from a matrix polynomial to a nearest polynomial with a specified number of its eigenvalues at specified locations in the complex plane. Perturbations are allowed only on the constant coefficient…
Given an input matrix polynomial whose coefficients are floating point numbers, we consider the problem of finding the nearest matrix polynomial which has rank at most a specified value. This generalizes the problem of finding a nearest…
We derive computable formulas for the structured backward errors of a complex number $\lambda$ when considered as an approximate eigenvalue of rational matrix polynomials that carry a symmetry structure. We consider symmetric,…
We study the structured distance to singularity for a given regular matrix pencil $A+sE$, where $(A,E)\in \mathbb S \subseteq (\mathbb C^{n,n})^2$. This includes Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, $*$-even, $*$-odd, $*$-palindromic, T-palindromic,…
In many applications it is important to understand the sensitivity of eigenvalues of a matrix polynomial to perturbations of the polynomial. The sensitivity commonly is described by condition numbers or pseudospectra. However, the…
We present a symbolic-numeric method to refine an approximate isolated singular solution $\hat{\mathbf{x}}=(\hat{x}_{1}, ..., \hat{x}_{n})$ of a polynomial system $F=\{f_1, ..., f_n\}$ when the Jacobian matrix of $F$ evaluated at…
This paper concerns the bounds for spectral norm distance from a normal matrix polynomial $P(\lambda)$ to the set of matrix polynomials that have $\mu$ as a multiple eigenvalue. Also construction of associated perturbations of $P(\lambda)$…
Given a structured matrix $A$ we study the problem of finding the closest normal matrix with the same structure. The structures of our interest are: Hamiltonian, skew-Hamiltonian, per-Hermitian, and perskew-Hermitian. We develop a…