On zero locations of predictor polynomials

Predictor polynomials are often used in linear prediction methods mainly for extracting properties of physical systems which are described by time series. The aforementioned properties are associated with a few zeros of large polynomials and for this reason the zero locations of those polynomials must be analyzed. We present a linear algebra approach for determining the zero locations of predictor polynomials, which enables us to generalize some early results obtained by Kumaresan in the signal analysis field. We also present an analysis of zero locations for time series having multiple zeros. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.