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+## Copyright (C) 2009, 2011 Lukas F. Reichlin
+##
+## This file is part of LTI Syncope.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## LTI Syncope is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with LTI Syncope. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## Poles of TF object.
+
+## Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
+## Created: October 2009
+## Version: 0.2
+
+function pol = __pole__ (sys)
+
+ if (issiso (sys))
+ pol = roots (sys.den{1});
+ else
+ warning ("tf: pole: converting to minimal state-space for pole computation of mimo tf");
+ pol = pole (ss (sys));
+ endif
+
+endfunction