Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2009
Let ρA + σB =[ραμν + σbμν] be a pencil of type m × m′, i.e. with m rows and m′ columns, where A and B are matrices with constant elements which are not mere scalar multiples of each other; and ρ and σ are homogeneous parameters.
page 92 note 2 CfTurnbull, and Aitken, Canonical Matrices (1928), p. 125ff, where references may be found.Google Scholar
page 93 note 1 CfTurnbull, and Aitken, Canonical Matrices, Chapter IX.Google Scholar
page 93 note 2 Bromwich, however, deals with the general case (Proc. London Math. Soc. (1), 32 (1900)).Google Scholar
page 100 note 1 By saying the stair is of length l, we mean that it consists of l vectors and cannot be continued by another vector.