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We study the problem of simultaneous stabilization for the algebra $A_{ℝ}(𝔻)$. Invertible pairs $(f_{j},g_{j})$, j = 1,..., n, in a commutative unital algebra are called simultaneously stabilizable if there exists a pair (α,β) of elements such that $αf_{j} + βg_{j}$ is invertible in this algebra for j = 1,..., n.
For n = 2, the simultaneous stabilization problem admits a positive solution for any data if and only if the Bass stable rank of the algebra is one. Since $A_{ℝ}(𝔻)$ has stable rank two, we are faced here with a different situation. When n = 2, necessary and sufficient conditions are given so that we have simultaneous stability in $A_{ℝ}(𝔻)$.
For n ≥ 3 we show that under these conditions simultaneous stabilization is not possible and further connect this result to the question of which pairs (f,g) in $A_{ℝ}(𝔻)²$ are totally reducible, that is, for which pairs there exist two units u and v in $A_{ℝ}(𝔻)$ such that uf + vg = 1.