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We study how small perturbations of general matrix polynomials may change their elementary divisors and minimal indices by constructing the closure hierarchy (stratification) graphs of matrix polynomials' orbits and bundles. To solve this problem, we construct the stratification graphs for the first companion Fiedler linearization of matrix polynomials. Recall that the first companion Fiedler linearization as well as all the Fiedler linearizations is matrix pencils with particular block structures. Moreover, we show that the stratification graphs do not depend on the choice of Fiedler linearization which means that all the spaces of the matrix polynomial Fiedler linearizations have the same geometry (topology). This geometry coincides with the geometry of the space of matrix polynomials. The novel results are illustrated by examples using the software tool StratiGraph extended with associated new functionality.

For each pair of complex symmetric matrices (A, B) we provide a normal form with a minimal number of independent parameters, to which all pairs of complex symmetric matrices ((A) over tilde (B) over tilde), close to (A, B) can be reduced by congruence transformation that smoothly depends on the entries of (A ) over tilde and (B) over tilde. Such a normal form is called a miniversal deformation of (A, B) under congruence. A number of independent parameters in the miniversal deformation of a symmetric matrix pencil is equal to the codimension of the congruence orbit of this symmetric matrix pencil and is computed too. We also provide an upper bound on the distance from (A, B) to its miniversal deformation.

We show that the set of m×m complex skew-symmetric matrix polynomials of odd grade d, i.e., of degree at most d, and (normal) rank at most 2r is the closure of the single set of matrix polynomials with the certain, explicitly described, complete eigenstructure. This complete eigenstructure corresponds to the most generic m×m complex skew-symmetric matrix polynomials of odd grade d and rank at most 2r. In particular, this result includes the case of skew-symmetric matrix pencils (d=1).

We investigate the changes of the canonical structure information under small perturbations for a system pencil associated with a (generalized) linear time-invariant state-space system. The equivalence class of the pencil is taken with respect to feedback-injection equivalence transformations. The results allow us to track possible changes of important linear system characteristics under small perturbations.

W.E. Roth (1952) proved that the matrix equation AX - XB = C has a solution if and only if the matrices [Graphics] and [Graphics] are similar. A. Dmytryshyn and B. Kagstrom (2015) extended Roth's criterion to systems of matrix equations A(i)X(i')M(i) - (NiXi"Bi)-B-sigma i = Ci (i = 1,..., s) with unknown matrices X1,, X-t, in which every X-sigma is X, X-T, or X*. We extend their criterion to systems of complex matrix equations that include the complex conjugation of unknown matrices. We also prove an analogous criterion for systems of quaternion matrix equations. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The set POL_d,r^m×n of m×n complex matrix polynomials of grade d and (normal) rank at most r in a complex (d+1)mn dimensional space is studied. For r=1,...,min{m,n}−1, we show that POL_d,r^m×n is the union of the closures of the rd+1 sets of matrix polynomials with rank r, degree exactly d, and explicitly described complete eigenstructures. In addition, for the full-rank rectangular polynomials, i.e. r=min{m,n} and m≠n, we show that POL_d,r^m×n coincides with the closure of a single set of the polynomials with rank r, degree exactly d, and the described complete eigenstructure. These complete eigenstructures correspond to generic m×n matrix polynomials of grade d and rank at most r.

We study how elementary divisors and minimal indices of a skew-symmetric matrix polynomial of odd degree may change under small perturbations of the matrix coefficients. We investigate these changes qualitatively by constructing the stratifications (closure hierarchy graphs) of orbits and bundles for skew-symmetric linearizations. We also derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a skew-symmetric matrix polynomial with prescribed degree, elementary divisors, and minimal indices.

We classify pairs of linear mappings (U -> V, U/U' -> V') in which U, V are finite dimensional vector spaces over a field IF, and U', are their subspaces. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Miniversal deformations for pairs of skew-symmetric matrices under congruence are constructed. To be precise, for each such a pair (A, B) we provide a normal form with a minimal number of independent parameters to which all pairs of skew-symmetric matrices ((A) over tilde (,) (B) over tilde), close to (A, B) can be reduced by congruence transformation which smoothly depends on the entries of the matrices in the pair ((A) over tilde (,) (B) over tilde). An upper bound on the distance from such a miniversal deformation to (A, B) is derived too. We also present an example of using miniversal deformations for analyzing changes in the canonical structure information (i.e. eigenvalues and minimal indices) of skew-symmetric matrix pairs under perturbations.