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In mathematics, Birkhoff factorization or Birkhoff decomposition is the factorization of a matrix M with coefficients that are Laurent polynomials in z into a product M=M+M0M−, where M+ has entries that are polynomials in z and M− has entries that are polynomials in z−1.

References

  • Khimshiashvili, G. (2001) [1994], "Birkhoff factorization", Encyclopedia of Mathematics, EMS Press
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