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Absolute value of elements of b=Ax and the minimum singular value of A

For $b=Ax$, is there a way to relate the minimum absolute value of the element of $b$, $\min|b_i|$, and the minimum singular value, $\sigma_\text{min}$, of $A$? What I want is something like: $\sigma_\...
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Smallest dimension, on which a set of matrices acts non-trivially

Let $A_i$, $i=1,\dots,N$, be a finite set of $D<\infty$ dimensional Hermitian matrices. Let $d$ be the smallest number for which there exists a unitary $D$-dimensional matrix $U$, and Hermitian $d$-...
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How one can show that this matrix is full rank?

Fix $d\in\mathbb{N}$ and consider $e_{i,j}\in\mathbb{C}$ for $i=1,\dots,d+3$ and $j=1,\dots,d-1$. Suppose to have the following matrices $$N_{i,1}=\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ e_{i,1} & 1 \end{...
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Eigendecomposition of Toeplitz matrix

I am working with Toeplitz matrix, I know that a Toeplitz Matrix $T$ can be decompose as a sum of a circulant and skew circulant matrix which can be diagonalized using the DFT matrix $T=C+S = F\...
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Prove or disprove that the matrix equation of the form $AX+XA^{-T}=0$ has a nonsingular anti-symmetric solution $X$

I’m trying to prove that for $A=J_n(i)$, that is, the Jordan block matrix corresponding to the eigenvalue $i$ of size $n$, where $n$ is even, the matrix equation $AX+XA^{-T}=0$ has a nonsingular anti-...
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Deriving the "Explicit" formula for inverse of Hilbert/Cauchy matrices

My exact question is, how to derive the formula for $H^{-1}$, in which $H_{ij}=\frac{1}{i+j-1}$. I am currently working my way through Hoffman&Kunze Linear Algebra. I noticed that a question on ...
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Integral convex polytopes formed from the weight diagrams of representations of $\mathfrak {sl}_4$($\mathbb{C}$)

I'm a student studying undergraduate abstract algebra and doing a summer research project in the mathematics department at my school. I'm barely familiar with the rudiments of representation theory; I ...
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Linearly independent Kronecker product construction

I have a question regarding a constructive argument about Kronecker products which came up while trying to solve a more general problem. Let $n\in \mathbb{N}$ and $E \subseteq [n] \times [n]$ with $d^...
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How much a general a theory of matrices equivalence under group actions we have?

Let $F$ be a field and let $M_{m,n}\,(F)$ be the $F$-linear space of $m \times n$ matrices over $F$. Let $G$ be a group acting on $M_{m,n}\,(F)$. My question is: Do we have some theory about the ...
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Constructing a centered distribution absolutely continuous with respect to uniform measure on the sphere with a pre-specified covariance?

Let $\mathcal{K}_n$ denote the space of $n \times n$, real symmetric positive semidefinite matrices $K$ having unit trace. It is easy to verify that for each $K \in \mathcal{K}_n$, there exists a ...
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Finding measure representation for rank 2 moment matrices

Assuming the following equation has a solution, I'm interested in finding any concrete values of $x_{1},\dots x_{n},y_{1},\dots y_{n},c_{1},c_{2},R$ that fulfills it. $$ \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ ...
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Eigenvectors of tridiagonal hermitian matrix

In my paper, I investigate the coordinates of the eigenvectors of a hollow tridiagonal hermitian matrix, which is defined as: \begin{align*} Q_n = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & q_{1,2} & 0 & 0 & ...
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Literature containing basic knowledge of homogeneous functions

Let $D$ be a nonempty open subset of $\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}$ and $f:D\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function of two variables. For all $(x,y)\in D$ and $t>0$ such that $(tx,ty)\in D$, if the equality $f(...
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When is a linear isomorphism of $M_n(\mathbb{C})$ given by unitary conjugation?

Let $M_n(\mathbb{C})$ represent the space of $n \times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{C}$. We will think of it as a $\mathbb{C}$-vector space. Notice that if $A \in M_n(\mathbb{C})$ is invertible, then the ...
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Geometric interpretation of trace of a linear operator

This question is really an addendum to Geometric interpretation of trace There is a nice account of the trace in Chris Doran's thesis here: http://geometry.mrao.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/...
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Peter–Weyl decomposition of a group representation rather than group algebra

Consider a finite or compact group $G$. The Peter–Weyl decomposition is usually formulated for the group algebra $\mathbb{C}[G]\simeq\bigoplus_i \operatorname{End}(V_i)$, where $V_i$ are the spaces of ...
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Existence of a linear map resulting in the determinant being an elementary symmetric polynomial

Let $1 \leq k \leq n$ be fixed integers. Let $\mathcal{M}_n^{\mathrm{H}}$ be the set of $n \times n$ complex Hermitian matrices (if it makes it easier to answer this question, you may instead use the ...
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Eigenvalues of N×N correlation matrices as N tends to infinity

I want to find a 𝑁×𝑁 positive definite correlation matrix, which ensures that as 𝑁 goes to infinity, only a finite number of eigenvalues remain non-zero, while the rest eigenvalues approach zero. ...
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Multiplication of a matrix by sub-matrices

I have a $J \times J$ matrix $C$ that is upper triangular. Also, $C'C$ is positive definite. I also have a matrix $A$ formed by submatrices of size $J \times K$ as follows $$ A = \begin{bmatrix} A_1 \\...
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Linear independence in $\mathbb{Z}_q^n$

Consider $\mathbb{Z}_q \equiv \mathbb{Z}/q\mathbb{Z}$, where $q \geqslant 2$. A set of vectors in $\mathbb{Z}_q^n$ is said to be linearly independent if no nontrivial linear combination of them ...
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Who and when proved Artin's Theorem on alternative rings?

I am interested in the history of the proof of Artin's Theorem (on the diassociativity of alternative rings). Question. When has Artin proved this theorem and where was it published for the first ...
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An "almost" true inequality for Hermitian matrices

Let $A$ be an $N\times N$ Hermitian matrix. For $p+q$ even, consider the following inequality: $$\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} (A^q)_{ii} \geq \Big(\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} \Big) \Big(\...
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Some but not all eigenvectors mutually orthogonal

Suppose an $n\times n$ matrix has real entries and has $n$ real eigenvalues and its eigenvectors span $\mathbb R^n.$ Are there any interesting conditions under which $k$ of its eigenvectors are ...
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Sum of squares of $k\times k$ cofactors is $1$ for an orthonormal matrix [closed]

Let $n,k\in \mathbb N$ with $k\leq n$. Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ real orthonormal matrix. Fix any $k$ rows of $A$ and from there consider every possible $k\times k$ cofactors and there will be exactly ...
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Bent vectors and $\pm 1$ eigenvectors with respect to non-Sylvester Hadamard matrices

A Hadamard matrix is an $n\times n$-matrix $H$ where each entry in $H$ is $\pm 1$ and where $H/\sqrt{n}$ is orthogonal. It is well-known that if $H$ is an $n\times n$-Hadamard matrix, then $n<3$ or ...
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Questions on symmetric Hadamard matrices

Definitions: An $n\times n$ Hadamard matrix (HM for short) is a matrix whose entries are either $1$ or $−1$ and whose rows are mutually orthogonal. If $A$ is a symmetric matrix, then $A = A^T$ and if $...
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From a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) to a sudoku grid [closed]

one of the existing methods of solvin a sudoku grid is via constraints satisfaction (CSP), but can we do the inverse ie convert a CSP problem into a sudoku grid and then solve it ?
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Forming real positive semidefinite matrices from complex matrices

I have asked this question on the Mathematics Stack Exchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4924554/forming-real-symmetric-positive-semidefinite-matrices-from-complex-matrices. Let $Q \in \...
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Examples of finitely presented subgroups of $\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$ with unsolvable decision problems

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\Aut{Aut}$Does there exist a finitely presented subgroup of $\GL(n,\mathbb{Z})$ for which it is known that the conjugacy problem is unsolvable (if yes, ...
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Surjection onto endomorphisms of multiplicative group of a field

Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p > 0$. Denote by $k^\times$ the multiplicative group of $k$. There is a ring homomorphism given by restriction to $k^\times$ $$ \mathbb{...
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Function of eigenvalues of Laplacian matrix

Let $G$ be a simple $n$-vertex graph and let $\mu_n\geq\mu_{n-1}\geq\dots\geq\mu_1$ be the eigenvalues of its Laplacian matrix, how can I find a function $$f(\mu_1,\mu_2,\dots\mu_n) \text{ such that } ...
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Dimension inequality for subspaces in field extensions

Let $K\subset L$ be a field extension and $A, B\subset L$ be $K$-subspaces of $L$ of finite positive dimensions. Assume further that for every $a, b \in L$ and every nontrivial proper finite ...
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Partitions of bent vectors

Let $H=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\begin{bmatrix}1 & 1 \\ 1 & -1\end{bmatrix}.$ Let $A^{\otimes N}$ denote the tensor product of the matrix $A$ with itself taken $N$ times. We say that a vector $v$ of ...
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Factorization to sparse matrices

$\newcommand{\lrank}{\operatorname{lrank}}$ $\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}$ Given a matrix $A$, we can define its Hamming weight, $w(A)$, as the number of non-zero elements in it. Now, given ...
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Non-zero element in diagonal of cofactor matrix of symmetric 0-1 matrix with non-zero determinant, zero diagonal and odd number of rows

Is the following statement correct? Let $A$ be a symmetric 0-1 matrix with non-zero determinant, all diagonal elements equal to 0 and an odd number of rows. The diagonal of the cofactor matrix of $A$ ...
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Unitary transformations of Vandermonde matrices forms a smooth manifold?

The space of all Vandermonde matrices $V$ with $r$ variables and degree $n$ (as below) forms an embedded submanifold of $\mathbb{R}^{(n+1) \times r}$ when $x_{i} \in \mathbb{R}$. It is naturally a ...
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Low rank perturbation of non-Hermitian $A$, where all eigenvalues are real

Suppose $A,E$ are Hermitian $(n \times n)$-matrices and $E$ is of low rank. There are well known results bounding the difference in spectra of $A$ and $A+E$. For example the Eigenvalue Interlacing ...
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Characteristics of conjugate gradients' iterations for a matrix with clustered spectrum

I am interested in solving \begin{equation} Ax = b \end{equation} for a large sparse linear symmetric positive definite matrix $A$ by Conjugate Gradients method. (These systems usually come as ...
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Equality Issue in Deriving Covariance Update for Kalman Filter

I am currently working on deriving the Kalman Gain from the covariance of the updated state and have encountered an equality issue that I am unable to resolve. Below are the derivation steps and the ...
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Matrix invariants for simultaneous conjugation by a finite subgroup of $\textrm{GL}_n$

Let $K$ be a field of characteristic 0, and consider $d$ generic $n\times n$ matrices $X_1,\ldots,X_d$ where $X_k = (x_{ijk})_{ij}$ and $ K[x_{ijk}]$ is the polynomial algebra in $n^2 \cdot d$ ...
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Extension of scalars for bounded chain complexes of $kG$-modules

I'm wondering if a generalization regarding a statement from Curtis-Reiner holds. The original statement is as follows: (30.33) Theorem: Let $R$ and $S$ be complete discrete valuation rings, with $S$ ...
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Maximum of $\sum_{n=1}^N z^T X(P_n X + I)^{-1}z$ over unit trace, positive semidefinite matrices?

Let $z$ denote a unit vector. Fix a finite collection of positive semidefinite matrices $\mathcal{P}$. Define the function and set $$ f_{\mathcal{P}}(X) = \sum_{P \in \mathcal{P}} z^T X(PX + I)^{-1} z,...
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Where does $V$ from the spectral decomposition $A = VDV^*$ lie, if $A$ has only imaginary entries?

The spectral theorem says that for every Hermitian matrix $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ there is a unitary matrix $V \in U(n)$ and a diagonal matrix $D \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ such that $A = ...
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Minimizing the Spectral Norm of the Hadamard Product of a Quadratic Form Using CVX

I am trying to use CVX to minimize the spectral norm of the Hadamard product of two matrices, one of which is in quadratic form. Specifically, I am trying to minimize $\|{\bf A} \odot {\bf XX}^H\|_2$, ...
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Bounding the length of an R-module of matrices

Loosely related to this: Bounding the length in a module of evaluated skew polynomials Let $C$ be an $\mathbb{F}_q$-vector subspace of $m \times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{F}_q$. Assume WLOG that $m \...
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Interpolation in convex hull

I'm reading a paper, Learning in High Dimension Always Amounts to Extrapolation, that provides a result I don't understand. It provides this theorem which I do understand: Theorem 1: (Bárány and ...
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Minimum-norm solution of $A = X B + B^T X^T$

Let $A, B, X$ be invertible square matrices, and let $A$ additionally be symmetric. I'd like to solve the following minimization problem: $$\text{argmin}_X |\!| X |\!|_F \ \ \ \ \text{s.t.} \ \ \ \ A =...
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rank of an integer valued matrix

I make some numerical experiments, involving rank of integer valued matrices of the size about $14\times 24$. As the matrix is integer valued, theoretically there should be no room for errors. However ...
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Sequence of projections that alters a $2^d$ tuple of points to a hyperparallelepiped

Suppose we have a $2^d$ tuple $\{ x_i \}_{i=0}^{2^d-1}$ of points in some $\mathbb{R}^n$. I would like to shift the points of this tuple in some controlled way, so that the final $2^d$ tuple $\{ y_i \}...
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Reference request for non-banded Toeplitz matrix

I want to know references that treat the property of eigenvalues and eigenstates of the non-banded Toeplitz matrix. I mean for example, the Toeplitz matrix $A$ whose matrix element is given by $A_{ij}=...
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