The Ehrlich-Aberth method for palindromic matrix polynomials represented in the Dickson basis

Abstract: An algorithm based on the Ehrlich-Aberth root-finding method is presented for the computation of the eigenvalues of a T-palindromic matrix polynomial. A structured linearization of the polynomial represented in the Dickson basis is introduced in order to exploit the symmetry of the roots by halving the total number of the required approximations. The rank structure properties of the linearization allow the design of a fast and numerically robust implementation of the root-finding iteration. Numerical experiments that confirm the effectiveness and the robustness of the approach are provided.