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Title: Computing the Smith normal form of a matrix. [Computer greatest common divisor of n polynomials]

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OSTI ID:7347036

The reduction of a matrix to a normal form enables one to study the matrix in its simplest and most convenient shape and to relate the theory of matrices to scientific applications more readily. This paper presents an algorithm for computing symbolically the Smith normal form of a matrix. Besides some introductory basic comments and the above algorithm, a method for computing the greatest common divisor of n polynomials in pairwise fashion is also set forth. (RWR)

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
7347036
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-76-594; CONF-760808-2
Resource Relation:
Conference: ACM symposium on symbolic and algebraic computation, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, 10 Aug 1976
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English