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Proving 2 matrices have the same trace [closed]

I found a problem in my textbook and I have tried solving it, but I had no succes. The problem is: Let $A$ and $B$ be $n \times n$ matrices with complex number entries. Given that $AB−BA$ is ...
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Are inverse eigenvalue problems (IEPs) hopeless and not a fruitful area of research?

I've been studying IEPs, in particular, the Nonnegative Inverse Eigenvalue Problem, some basic theoretical framework, the many open questions that IEPs have, and now sort of realize the computational ...
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Largest element in inverse of a positive definite symmetric matrix [closed]

If I have an $n \times n$ positive definite symmetric matrix $A$, with eigenvalues $\lambda_{1}>\lambda_{2}\cdots>\lambda_{n}$, can I claim that the highest value which matrix $A^{-1}$ can have ...
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Relation between eigenvalues of $A$ and $A^TA$?

For an $n\times n$ diagonizable matrix $A$, is there a relation between the eigenvalues of $A$ and the eigenvalues of $A^TA$? I ask this because I am looking into the relation between $A$ and $A+cI$, ...
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positiveness of the inverse solution to Sylvester equation

I need to construct a non-negative matrix with desired eigenvalues. To that end, I came up with a block matrix of the following form: $$ \mathbf{M} = \begin{vmatrix} \mathbf{A} & \mathbf{b} \\\ \...
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