function[A,degA] = spoldi_e(G,degG,C,degC,EPS)

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%%      [A,degA]=spoldi_e(G,degG,C,degC,EPS)   %
%%                                             %
%%	MATLAB function  "spoldi_e"  extract   %
%%	given  left  divisor  G from any       %
%%	polynomial    matrix    C              %
%%	    C = G . A                          %
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%       S. Pejchova,  August 5th 1994     %
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%	size of C                         %
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if nargin==4
   EPS=1e-8;
end

[rG,cG]=polsize(G,degG);
[rC,cC]=polsize(C,degC);
[m,n]=size(C);
[k,l]=size(G);
if m ~=k
	if k<m
	     B = zeros(m-k,l);
	     G = [G;B];
	     [k,l]=size(G);
	else
	     error('spoldiv: Inconsistent dimensions of input matrices');
	end
end

rA=cG;
cA=cC;

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%	degA                              %
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degA=degC;
if degA < 0
	A = zeros(rC,cC);
	return;
end

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%       matrix A creating                 %
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A =[];
degB = degG;

for i = 1 : rA

    if i~=1
	    B=zeros(1,(i-1)*(degB+1));
	    f=1;
	    for s=1:(degB+1)
		for t=1:(i-1)
		    B(1,f)=G(i,cG*(s-1)+t); 
		    f=f+1;

		end
	    end


	[D,degD] = polmul(B,degB,A,degA,EPS);

	D = -1*D;
	[E,degE]=poladd_e(C(i,:),degC,D,degD,EPS);
	if degE<degC
		H=zeros(1,cC*(degC-degE));
		E=[E H];
		degE=degC;
	end

   else
       E=C(1,:);
       degE = degC;

   end


	[a,dega]=polen(G,degG,i,i);

	if a==0
	   A = [A;E];
	else        
	  for j = 1:cA
		[p,degp]=polen(E,degE,1,j);
		[u,degu,v,degv]=poldiv_e(p,degp,a,dega,EPS);
		if v ~=0
		   error('spoldiv: Division with remainder');
		end

	      [F,degF]=polseten(E,degE,u,degu,1,j);
	      E=F;
	  end

          [raA,caA]=size(A);
          [raE,caE]=size(E);
          if degA<degE
             J=zeros(raA,caE-caA);
             A=[A J];
             degA=degE;
             caA=caE;
          else
             if degA>degE
             J=zeros(raE,caA-caE);
             E=[E J];
             end
          end


          A = [A;E];
        end
end        

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%       setting degA                      %
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          cA=caA/(degA+1);

          if degA>0
             while A(:,cA*degA+1:cA*(degA+1))==zeros(rA,cA)
                   A(:,cA*degA+1:cA*(degA+1))=[];
                   degA=degA-1;
                   if degA<1,return,end
             end
          end