Solving certain matrix equations by means of Toeplitz computations: algorithms and applications

  • Authors:
  • Dario A. Bini;Luca Gemignani;Beatrice Meini

  • Affiliations:
  • Departimento Di Matematica, Università Di Pisa, Italy;Departimento Di Matematica, Università Di Pisa, Italy;Departimento Di Matematica, Università Di Pisa, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Contemporary mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

We show that some classes of matrix equations can be reduced to solving a quadratic matrix equation of the kind X2A + XB + C = 0 where A,B,C,X are m × m matrices or semi-infinite matrices. The problem of computing the minimal solution, if it exists, of the latter equation is reduced to computing the matrix coefficients Ho and H-1 of the Laurent matrix series H(z) = Σi=-∞+∞ ziHi such that H(z)(zA+B+z-1C) = I. Known algorithms for this computation are revisited in terms of operations among block Toeplitz matrices and new algorithms are introduced. An application to the solution of Non-Skip-Free Markov chains is shown.