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- % function out = vpoly(mat)
- %
- % Characteristic polynomial of a VARYING/CONSTANT
- % matrix. Identical to MATLAB's POLY command, but
- % works with VARYING matrices also.
- %
- % See also: DET, POLY, ROOTS, VDET, and VROOTS.
-
- function out = vpoly(mat)
- if nargin == 0
- disp('usage: out = vpoly(mat)')
- return
- end
- [mtype,mrows,mcols,mnum] = minfo(mat);
- [nr,nc] = size(mat);
- if mrows == mcols
- if mtype == 'cons'
- out = poly(mat);
- elseif mtype == 'vary'
- npts = mnum;
- ncout = mcols + 1;
- out = zeros(npts+1,ncout+1);
- ftop = (npts+1)*mrows;
- ptop = 1:mrows:ftop;
- ptopm1 = ptop(2:npts+1) - 1;
- for i=1:npts
- out(i,1:ncout) = poly(mat(ptop(i):ptopm1(i),1:mcols));
- end
- out(1:npts,ncout+1) = mat(1:mnum,nc);
- out(npts+1,ncout+1) = inf;
- out(npts+1,ncout) = npts;
- elseif mtype == 'syst'
- error('VPOLY is undefined for SYSTEM matrices')
- return
- else
- out = [];
- end
- else
- if mtype == 'syst'
- error('VPOLY is undefined for SYSTEM matrices')
- return
- else
- error('input matrix must be square for VPOLY')
- return
- end
- end
- %
- % Copyright MUSYN INC 1991, All Rights Reserved
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