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Multiple-root polynomial solved by partial fraction expansion

by Feng Cheng Chang

 

10 Dec 2008 (Updated 29 Apr 2009)

To find poles/residues of the rational function, instead of roots/multiplicities of the polynomial

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      A given polynomial p(x) is transformed into a rational function r(x). The poles and residues of the derived rational function are found to be equivalent to the roots and multiplicities of the original polynomial.
            p(x) = Given polynomial
                    = PROD[k=1:K]{(x - z_k)^m_k}
            d(x) = (d/dx)p(x)
            g(x) = GCD(p(x),d(x))
            u(x) = p(x)/g(x)
           w(x) = (d/dx)u(x)
            v(x) = d(x)/g(x)
             r(x) = v(x)/u(x)
                    = SUM[k=1:K]{m_k/(x - z_k)}
Thus, the roots z_k are computed from solving the simple-root polynomial u(x)=0, instead of the original multiple-root polynomial p(x)=0; and the multiplicities m_k are determined as the partial fraction expansion coefficients of the derived rational function r(x)=v(x)/u(x),
              z_k = Roots(u(x)), k=1,K
              m_k = v(z_k)/w(z_k), k=1,K
     In addition, re-constructing a polynomial pz(x) from the computed z_k and m_k, the overall deviation error of the original polynomial p(x) is calculated,
               er = Norm(pz - p)/Norm(p)
     The polynomial GCD is calculated from "Monic polynomial subtraction" derived from the longhand polynomial division in classical Euclidean GCD algorithm. It requirs only simple algebric operations without any high mathematics.
      The source code contains total of only 43 lines, using merely basic built-in MATLAB functions, and applying only existing double precision. Amazingly, it gives the expected results of test polynomials of very high degree , such as
              p(x) = (x - 123456789)^30
              p(x) = (x + 100)^20 * (100x-1)^10
              p(x) = (x+1)^40 * (x-2)^30 * (x+3)^20 * (x-4)^10
              p(x) = (x + 1)^1000

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      The code is list here for reader's convenince. (only 43 lines)

function [zm,er] = polyroots(p)
 % *** A polymonial with multiple roots ***
 % Solved via partial fraction expansion
       d = polyder(p);
       g = polygcd(p,d);
       u = deconv(p,g);
       v = deconv(d,g);
       w = polyder(u);
       z = roots(u);
       m = round(abs(polyval(v,z)./polyval(w,z)));
       zm = [z,m]; % p,d,g,u,v,w,z,m,zm
       pz = polyget([m,-z,ones(length(z),1)])*p(1);
       er = norm(pz-p)/norm(p); % pz,er
function g = polygcd(p,q)
 % *** GCD of a pair of polynomials ***
 % by "Monic polynomial subtraction"
       n = length(p)-1; nc = max(find(p))-1;
       m = length(q)-1; mc = max(find(q))-1;
       nz = min(n-nc,m-mc);
    if nc*mc == 0, g = [1,zeros(1,nz)]; return, end;
       p2 = [p(1:nc+1)];
       p3 = [q(1:mc+1)];
   for k = 1:nc+nc,
       p3 = [p3(min(find(abs(p3)>1.e-6)): max(find(abs(p3)>1.e-6)))];
       p1 = [p2/p2(1)]; % k,p1,
       p2 = [p3/p3(1)];
       p3 = [p2,zeros(1,length(p1)-length(p2))]-[p1,zeros(1,length(p2)-length(p1))];
    if norm(p3)/norm(p2) < 1.e-3, break; end;
   end;
       g = [p1,zeros(1,nz)];
function p = polyget(A)
 % *** A polynomial coefficient vector from sub-polynomial factors ***
       p = 1;
   for i = 1:length(A(:,1)),
       q = 1;
   for j = 1:A(i,1),
       q = conv(q,A(i,max(find(A(i,:))):-1:2));
   end;
       p = conv(p,q);
   end;
 
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Typical Numerical Example:

>> % Contruct a test polynomial:
>> p = poly([ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1+2i -1+2i -1+2i -1-2i -1-2i -1-2i 2 2 3 3 +i +i +i -i -i -i -3 0 0 0 0 0 ])
  p =
     1 -5 2 -6 76 140 -802 954 -4251 13663 -18740 28472 -53504 45776 5212 -77580 185243 -220631 104794 52458 -193356 248612 -146266 9202 65791 -87555 55800 -13500 0 0 0 0 0
>> % Roots and multiplicities for the polynomial are computed.
>> zm = polyroots(p)
   zm =
         3.0000 -------------- : 2.0000
        -3.0000 -------------- : 1.0000
        -1.0000 + 2.0000i ---: 3.0000
        -1.0000 - 2.0000i ---: 3.0000
         2.0000 ---------------: 2.0000
        -1.0000 ---------------: 3.0000
        -0.0000 + 1.0000i ---: 3.0000
        -0.0000 - 1.0000i ---: 3.0000
         1.0000 ---------------: 7.0000
         0.0000 ---------------: 5.0000

 

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to acknowledge the following in the creation of this submission:
More Flexible Sorting and Multiplicity of Roots of a Polynomial, Variable Precision Integer Arithmetic

MATLAB release MATLAB 6.5 (R13)
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Updates
11 Dec 2008

Add numerical example to "Description".

16 Dec 2008

Update the source code. Add two numerical examples, including print-out the complete PRS and related polynomials.

15 Jan 2009

Update the m-file to include both monic-head and monic-tail for polynomial GCD computation.

05 Feb 2009

Update the Polynomial GCD routine.

27 Apr 2009

Update the m-file, to include the overall deviation error of the original polynomial.

29 Apr 2009

Correct typo in m-file

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