International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 3 (1980), Issue 1, Pages 185-188
doi:10.1155/S0161171280000129

Controllability, Bezoutian and relative primeness

B.N. Datta

Instituto de Matemática, Estatistica e Ciência da Computaçgão, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

Let f(x) and g(x) be two polynomials of degree n. Then it is well-known that the Bezoutian matrix Bfg associated with f(x) and g(x) is nonsingular if and only if f(x) and g(x) are relatively prime. We give an alternative proof of this result. The proof is based on a result on controllability derived in this note.