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166 CHAPTER 10. H 2 MODEL-ORDER REDUCTION FROM ORDER N TO N-2<br />

10.2 Linearizing a polynomial eigenvalue problem<br />

Polynomial eigenvalue problems have been well studied in the literature and numerical<br />

algorithms for its solution are available [55]. These problems occur for example in<br />

structural mechanics, molecular dynamics, gyroscopic systems and constrained leastsquares<br />

problems (see, e.g., [11] and [72]). Usually the problem is first linearized with<br />

respect <strong>to</strong> ρ 1 , yielding a generalized eigenvalue problem with an associated matrix<br />

pencil. This linearization is the subject of this section.<br />

The standard <strong>to</strong>ol for the numerical solution of a generalized eigenvalue problem<br />

is the QZ-algorithm, which however is no<strong>to</strong>riously ill-conditioned if the matrix pencil<br />

has a singular part [42]. To remove any singular part that may be present, we may<br />

proceed algebraically as in the algorithm for the computation of the Kronecker canonical<br />

form of a matrix pencil (see [34] and [42]). This can be implemented with exact<br />

and symbolic arithmetic when required. Once the singular part and the associated<br />

‘indeterminate’ eigenvalues are removed from the matrix pencil, the square regular<br />

part remains for which the (finite and infinite) eigenvalues can subsequently be computed<br />

by standard means. Computing the Kronecker canonical form of a singular<br />

matrix pencil and deflating the pencil <strong>to</strong> get rid of the unwanted eigenvalues, is the<br />

subject of Section 10.3.<br />

First we introduce the generalized eigenvalue problem and some of its features.<br />

Let B and C be two m 1 × m 2 matrices with complex-valued entries. The associated<br />

matrix pencil is the one-parameter family of matrices B + ρ 1 C, where ρ 1 ranges over<br />

all complex values. The generalized eigenvalue problem for B +ρ 1 C consists of finding<br />

values for ρ 1 and associated non-zero vec<strong>to</strong>rs w ∈ C m2 such that:<br />

(B + ρ 1 C)w =0. (10.11)<br />

Note that the conventional eigenvalue problem for a given square m 2 × m 2 matrix A<br />

occurs when choosing m 1 = m 2 , B = A and C = −I m2 , producing the associated<br />

equation (A−ρ 1 I m2 )w = 0. Because B and C in general are allowed <strong>to</strong> be rectangular<br />

matrices rather than square matrices, the generalized eigenvalue problem may exhibit<br />

a few features that do not occur for conventional eigenvalue problems. Another issue<br />

that may occur in the square case m 1 = m 2 , is that the matrix C may be singular,<br />

so that the generalized eigenvalue problem can not be transformed directly in<strong>to</strong> an<br />

equivalent conventional eigenvalue problem upon premultiplication by C −1 .<br />

Obviously, a solution <strong>to</strong> the generalized eigenvalue problem (B + ρ 1 C)w = 0 requires<br />

a value of ρ 1 , which makes B + ρ 1 C in<strong>to</strong> an m 1 × m 2 matrix having a set of<br />

linearly dependent columns. When m 1

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