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+## Copyright (C) 2012 Fotios Kasolis
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{z} =} polyeig (@var{C0}, @var{C1}, @dots{}, @var{Cl})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[ @var{v}, @var{z} ] =} polyeig (@var{C0}, @var{C1}, @dots{}, @var{Cl})
+## Solve the polynomial eigenvalue problem of degree @var{l}.
+##
+## Given a @var{n*n} matrix polynomial @var{C(s)} = @var{C0 + C1 s + @dots{} + Cl s^l} polyeig 
+## solves the eigenvalue problem (@var{C0} + @var{C1} + @dots{} + @var{Cl})v = 0.
+## Note that the eigenvalues @var{z} are the zeros of the matrix polynomial. @var{z} is a
+## @var{lxn} vector and @var{v} is a @var{(n x n)l} matrix with columns that correspond to
+## the eigenvectors.
+## @seealso{eig, eigs, compan}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: Fotios Kasolis
+
+function [ z, varargout ] = polyeig (varargin)
+  
+  if ( nargout > 2 )
+    print_usage ();
+  endif
+
+  nin = numel (varargin);
+
+  n = zeros (1, nin);
+
+  for cnt = 1 : nin
+    if ! ( issquare (varargin{cnt}) )
+       error ("polyeig: coefficients must be square matrices");
+    endif
+    n(cnt) = size (varargin{cnt}, 1);
+  endfor
+
+  if numel (unique (n)) > 1
+       error ("polyeig: coefficients must have the same dimensions");
+  endif
+  n = unique (n);
+
+  # matrix polynomial degree
+  l = nin - 1;
+
+  # form needed matrices
+  C = [ zeros(n * (l - 1), n), eye(n * (l - 1)); -cell2mat(varargin(1 : end - 1)) ];
+  D = [ eye(n * (l - 1)), zeros(n * (l - 1), n); zeros(n, n * (l - 1)), varargin{end} ];
+
+  % solve generalized eigenvalue problem
+  if ( isequal (nargout, 1) )
+    z = eig (C, D);
+  else
+    [ z, v ] = eig (C, D);
+    varargout{1} = diag (v);
+  endif
+
+endfunction
+
+## sanity test
+%!test
+%! C0 = [8, 0; 0, 0]; C1 = [1, 0; 0, 0];
+%! z = polyeig (C0, C1);
+%! assert (isequal (z(1), -8), true);
+