Root functions of a meromorphic matrix function and applications

Abstract: We develop a practical method for constructing canonical sets of root and pole cancellation functions for a matrix-valued function $Q(z)$ that is meromorphic on the extended complex plane $\bar{\mathbb{C}}:=\mathbb{C} \cup \left{ \infty \right}$. This method is applied to solve a nonlinear system of $n\in \mathbb{N}$ differential equations of order $l\in \mathbb{N}$ with $n $ unknown functions $u_{i}\left( t \right)$, where $i=1,\, \mathellipsis ,\,n $. In addition, for a function $Q\in \mathcal{N}{\kappa}(\mathcal{H}) ,\, \kappa \in \mathbb{N} \cup \lbrace 0 \rbrace$, with a pole at infinity of order $m \in \mathbb{N}$, we establish the following factorization [ Q(z)=(z-\beta)^{m}\tilde{Q}(z), \, z\in \mathcal{D}(Q), ] where $\beta \in \mathbb{R}$ is a regular point of $Q$, and $\tilde{Q}\in \mathcal{N}{\kappa'}(\mathcal{H})$ is holomotphic at $\infty$. Unlike the Krein-Langer representation of $Q$, which involves a linear relation $A$, the factorization utilizes a bounded operator $\tilde{A}$ in the Krein-Langer representation of $\tilde{Q}$. The operator $\tilde{A}$ and the relation $A$ have identical spectra, except at two points: $\beta$ and $\infty$. The main advantage of this approach is that both the operator $\tilde{A}$ and the entire representation can be constructed explicitly and in a practically applicable manner for certain meromorphic functions $Q\in \mathcal{N}_{\kappa}^{n \times n}$ on $\bar{\mathbb{C}}$. We illustrate all main results through examples.