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Eigenvalues of an amplification matrix

Let $A$ and $B$ square real matrices. I know that the matrix $A+B$ has 1 as eigenvalue of multiplicity 1 and the others eigenvalues have their modulus <1. Can we say something a …
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Big eigenvalues of a special stochastic matrix

Given a matrix $M$ of size $n\times n,$ we write its different eigenvalues by $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_m$ with $m\leq n$ such that $|x_1|>|x_2|>|x_3|>\cdots|x_m|,$ and call $x_2\doteq |\l …
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M-matrix plus S-matrix is P-matrix?

I am trying to prove that a mapping has a unique fixed-point by showing that its Jacobian is a P-matrix. In this particular case the Jacobian can be decomposed as the sum of two ma …
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Computing a large permanent

Is there a practical way to compute the permanent of a large ($91 \times 91$) $(0,1)$ matrix? I have tried to use the matlab function written by Luke Winslow which works great for …
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Which matrix/operator in a cone has the smallest negative spectral part?

Background: Let $\mathcal{K}$ be set (convex cone, if you like) of symmetric matrices of order $n$. Each matrix $A \in \mathcal{K}$ can be decomposed in a unique way as $A=A_{+} …
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How to compute difference between 2 similarity matrices?

Hello, I have two n*n correlation matrices with values ranging between -1,1. (2 correlation matrix because I have the same n terms under 2 different conditions) I then transformed …
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A short question about the DFT matrix

Is the DFT matrix the unique* unitary matrix with all entries of same magnitude? (*up to some trivial transformations)
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the eigenvalues of product of matrices [closed]

Let $A$ be an invertible matrix with positive eigenvalues and $B$ be a positive definite matrix . How to estimate the minimum eigenvalues of $AB$ by using the eigenvalues of $A$ an …
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Inverses of leading principal minors are leading principal minors of inverse

What can one say about a matrix for which the inverse of each leading principal minor is equal to the leading principal minor of its inverse (of the same dimensions, of course)? Fo …
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Matrices with a common fischer basis

Let $A$ be a real symmetric $n\times n$ matrix normalised such that $Tr[A]=1$. Define 'fischer basis' as the basis in which all diagonal elements are equal to $\frac{1}{n}$. The m …
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2x2 subdeterminants of a matrix

If N>2, it is well known that if two invertible NxN matrices A and B have the same determinants of any 2x2 corresponding submatrices, then A=B or A=-B. Given then all these 2x2 det …
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Rank of a matrix with missing entries

Let $M$ be a $2^n \times 2^n$ matrix over real number field, where the rows and columns are indexed by subsets of $[n] := {1,2,\ldots,n}$, and defined as follows, $ M_{A, B} = 1 $ …
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On the Positive Definiteness of a Linear Combination of Matrices

Hello, In my work in PDE, the following problem in linear algebra came up. Any help in this direction is appreciated. QUESTION: Let $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$ and let $A_1,\ldots, A_m …
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system of homogeneous matrix equations

Edit: Maybe I should make it clear that by a solution I mean a pair of matrices $(A,B)$ such that the identity below holds for any complex numbers $x,y$. One of my friend asked me …
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Eigenvalues of n x n 0-1 matrix with at most k ones

I have a $n \times n$ real-valued symmetric matrix $A$ with only zeros and ones as its entries ($A$ can be thought of as the adjacency matrix of a graph), such that the diagonal en …

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