Solution of spectral problems for polynomial matrices

For polynomial matrices of full rank, including matrices of the form A - I and A - B, numerical methods for solving the following problems are suggested: find the divisors of a polynomial matrix whose spectra coincide with the zeros of known divisors of its characteristic polynomial; compute the greatest common divisor of a sequence of polynomial matrices; solve the inverse eigenvalue problem for a polynomial matrix. The methods proposed are based on the W and V factorizations of polynomial matrices. Applications of these methods to the solution of certain algebraic problems are considered. Bibliography: 3 titles._________Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 296, 2003, pp. 122–138.