International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 9 (1986), Issue 2, Pages 253-260
doi:10.1155/S0161171286000303
The rational canonical form of a matrix
J.S. Devitt1
and R.A. Mollin2
1Department of Mathematics, The University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 2R5, Saskatchewan, Canada
2Department of Mathematics, The University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Alberta, Canada
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide an efficient algorithmic means of determining the rational canonical form of a matrix using computational symbolic algebraic manipulation packages, and is in fact the practical implementation of a classical mathematical method.