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<B>COMPANION</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>companion</em>(&lt;poly&gt;,&lt;x&gt;) 
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&lt;poly&gt; :- a monic univariate polynomial in &lt;x&gt;. 
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&lt;x&gt; :- the variable. 
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<em>companion</em>creates the companion matrix C of &lt;poly&gt;. 
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This is the square matrix of dimension n, where n is the degree of 
&lt;poly&gt; w.r.t. &lt;x&gt;. 
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The entries of C are: 
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C(i,n) = -coeffn(&lt;poly&gt;,&lt;x&gt;,i-1) for i = 1 
 ... n, C(i,i-1) = 1 for i = 2 ... n and 
 the rest are 0. 
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examples: </H3>
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companion(x^4+17*x^3-9*x^2+11,x); 


  [0  0  0  -11]
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  [1  0  0   0 ]
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  [0  1  0   9 ]
  [            ]
  [0  0  1  -17]

</TT></PRE><P>Related functions: 

<A HREF=r37_0588.html>find_companion</A>. 
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