//determining critical value of K s=%s syms K m=s^4+18*s^3+121*s^2+360*s+400-2*K^2 cof_a_0 = coeffs(m,'s',0); cof_a_1 = coeffs(m,'s',1); cof_a_2 = coeffs(m,'s',2); cof_a_3 = coeffs(m,'s',3); r=[cof_a_0 cof_a_1 cof_a_2 cof_a_3] n=length(r); routh=[r([4,2]);r([3,1])]; routh=[routh;-det(routh)/routh(2,1),0]; t=routh(2:3,1:2); //extracting the square sub block of routh matrix routh=[routh;-det(t)/t(2,1),0] disp(routh,"rouths tabulation=") routh(3,1)=0 //For marginaly stable system disp("k marginal is") k=sqrt(200) disp(k)