Questions about the properties of vector spaces and linear transformations, including linear systems in general.
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Probe permutationally matrix extreme properties-II
Call $S_{r}$, collection of $0/1$ matrices of rank atmost $r$ that increase rank if any $1$ is changed to $0$.
Given $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ of rank $r$, what is probability that $M$ could be ...
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Can we give efficiently the solution of a bilinear system of equations over a finite field?
Consider a finite field $F$ and suppose we have a system of equations
$$h_1(\alpha,\beta)=0,h_2(\alpha,\beta)=0,...,h_t(\alpha,\beta)=0$$
where $\alpha=(\alpha_1,...,\alpha_s)$ and ...
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Probe permutationally matrix extreme properties
Suppose given $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ of rank $r$.
Assume that changing even a single $1$ to $0$ in $M$ raises rank. Does it follow that $M$ is permutationally equivalent to a block diagonal ...
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Why are 1 and -1 eigenvalues of this matrix?
This is a subject I've been working on for a very long time now, but still did not manage to fully understand the interesting properties of this matrix $\mathbf{A}$.
First, let's define two matrices:
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How to define the determinant of a morphism between graded Lie algebras?
I have the following question. Suppose $g_1$ and $g_2$ are two finite dimensional, nilpotent, stratified Lie algebras and $A:g_1\to g_2$ is a morphism of the graded Lie algebra. I wonder whether there ...
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A combinatorial question on ranks
Denote
$$\mathscr{C}[r]=\{Q\in\Bbb Z_{\geq 0,\leq 1}^{n\times n}:\mathsf{rk}(Q)= r\}.$$
$$\mathscr{D}[A,t]=\{B\in\mathscr{C}[\mathsf{rk}(A)]:\mathsf{dim}(col(A)\cap col(B))\geq t\}.$$
Given ...
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Minimum rank non-negative matrix summations
Given matrix $M\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0,\leq b}^{n\times n}$ of rank $r$.
What is minimum $k$ such that
$$\mathscr{A}[b,k]=\{Q\in\Bbb R_{\geq0,\leq b}^{n\times n}:\mathsf{rank}(Q)\leq k\}$$ contains $R,S$ ...
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Probability of non-negative matrix relaxation
Given matrix $M\in\Bbb\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$, take $\mathscr{M}[M]=\{Q\in R_{\geq0}^{n\times n}:Q[ij]>0\iff M[ij]=1\}$.
Does ...
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Orthogonal vector to arbitrary vector in R3 [on hold]
I got a vector $(0, 0, 0)^T \neq v \in R^3$. Now I want a closed formula for some orthogonal vector to $w$ (I don't care which).
My problem is that if I, for instance, fix $w_1$ and $w_2$ then $w_3 = ...
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Maximizing Frobenius Norm of Commutator (an opposite Procrustes problem)
I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions on the following problem:
Let $S$ be an $n\times n$ positive definite symmetric matrix. I wish to find an $n\times n$ orthogonal matrix $R$ which ...
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A matrix trace inequality
The well-known Powers-Stormer inequality says the following: for positive semidefinite operators $A, B$, we have that $\mathrm{Tr}((A - B)(A - B)^\dagger) \leq \| A^2 - B^2 \|_1$, where $\| \cdot ...
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Upper bounds on elements of a matrix
During my research I have come across matrices this type
$$C=B\left(B^T B\right)^{-1}B^T\ ,$$
where $B$ is an $m\times n$ real matrix. If $B^TB$ is not invertible, then $\left(B^T B\right)^{-1}$ ...
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Linear combinations of columns of matrices [closed]
Suppose E is a 4 × 3 matrix with columns ⃗c1, ⃗c2, ⃗c3 and rows ⃗r1, ⃗r2, ⃗r3, ⃗r4. Let ⃗v be a 3 x 1 matrix that = [2, -1, 1]
How could we express E⃗v as a linear combination of ⃗c1, ⃗c2, ⃗c3?
Now ...
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Characterizing matrices with rank constraint
Given matrix $M\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0,\leq b}^{n\times n}$, is there a nice method to characterize $$\mathscr{D}[M,b]=\{Q\in\Bbb R_{\geq0,\leq b}^{n\times n}:\mathsf{rank}(M-Q)= \mathsf{rank}(Q),\quad ...
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Anticommuting operators with positive properties
Which classes of $M\in \mathsf M_k(\Bbb R)^{n\times n}$ admit solutions $N\in \mathsf M_k(\Bbb R)^{n\times n}$ such that
$$(M\otimes N+N\otimes M)(u\otimes u)=0$$ forall $u\in \mathsf D_k(\Bbb ...
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Quasi-M matrices?
Does any body know a reference on lower triangular matrices with negative entries everywhere except for the diagonal and subdiagonal where entries are positive (when all entries are negative with ...
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Distinguishing combinatorial maps by their linearizations
Every (not-necessarily invertible) map $f$ from $[n]:=\{1,2,,,,.n\}$ to itself determines a linear map $L_f$ from ${\bf R}^n$ to itself that sends the basis vector $e_k$ to $e_{f(k)}$ for $1 \leq k ...
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Zero as a repeated permanental root for a matrix over a finite field
All,
Suppose $A \in Mat(n, \mathbb{F}_{q})$ for $q$ prime, $q \geq 5$, and $n \geq 2^{q-2}$ . Let $\pi_A(x)$ be the permanental polynomial for $A$. That is,
\begin{equation*}
\pi_{A}(x)=per(xI-A).
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A norm description for singular matrices
For $n>2$, are there norms $\parallel.\parallel_{a}$ and $\parallel.\parallel_{b}$ on $M_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ with the following property:
$A\in M_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ is singular if and only if ...
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Primitive matrix type rank range [closed]
Given a non-negative matrix $A$, we call $A$ primitive if $A^k$ has all strictly positive entries with some $k>0$.
Following matrix
$$\begin{pmatrix}
a& b\\
c& 0
\end{pmatrix}$$
with ...
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Dense Symmetric Rank Deficient Linear System
What are some of the best methods for solving a Dense Rank Deficient Linear System Ax = b, where A is Dense, Symmetric but possibly Rank Deficient. I know SVD can solve it pretty nicely while ...
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On primitive type matrix ranks
Given a non-negative matrix $A$, we call $A$ primitive if $A^k$ has all strictly positive entries with some $k>0$. Given primitive $A$, is there relation between smallest $k$ such that $A^k>0$ ...
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Stationary distribution of random walk alias solving uncountably many linear equations [closed]
Let us have interval $I = (i_1,i_2)$, function $f_1 : I \mapsto I$, function $f_2 : I \mapsto I$.
Let $x_0$, $x_1$, $x_2$, ... be series of random variables from interval $I$ denoting random walk. ...
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A geometric property of singular matrices
Let $S\subset M_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ be the singular points of the equation $Det=0$. That is $S$ is the critical points of the determinant function.
What matrices belongs to $S$, precisely?
Let ...
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Specific optimization problem solution procedures
Is there a standard procedure to solve following two optimization problems?
$$\mathsf{Problem\mbox{ }I}:\mbox{ }\min_{A\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}:rk(A)=r}\mbox{ }\max_{R,S\in\Bbb R^{n\times ...
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Classifying 1 cycle permutation matrices
Given a permutation matrix that is not full rank, is there a linear algebraic and corresponding algebraic criterion to tell if matrix contains more than one disjoint non-trivial cycle or exactly one ...
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Matrix-convexity of inverse of the cofactor matrix
Consider the matrix-valued function $f(A) = \frac{A}{\det(A)}$ on the set of $3\times 3$ positive-definite matrices. Is this function matrix-convex ? (i.e., is $tf(A) + (1-t)f(B) - f(tA+(1-t)B)$ ...
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Reference: Continuity of Eigenvectors [closed]
I am looking for an appropriate reference for the following fact. I already posted on math.stackexchange, but got no answer.
For each $X \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}_{\text{sym}}$ (symmetric ...
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Positive definiteness of infinite tridiagonal matrices
I am interested in the following problem: I have an infinite symmetric tridiagonal matrix
$$
A=
\begin{bmatrix}
a_1 & b_1 & & & \\
b_1 & a_2 & b_2 & & ...
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Characterisation of a matrix ordering property
Let $n$ be a positive integer; we consider all matrices mentioned henceforth to be $n$-by-$n$ matrices. Let $A$ and $B$ be matrices wherein all entries are nonnegative (such matrices will be called ...
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Matrices with real spectrum
Assume you have a non-symmetric real square matrix of all whose eigenvalues are real. Can anything be said about it? Is it unitarily equivalent to a symmetric matrix?
EDIT: Is it at least similar to ...
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Eigenvalue of product of self adjoint compact operators
Suppose A is a self adjoint $m \times m$ real matrix with eigenpairs $\{e_j, \lambda_j\}$ such that $\lambda_j > \lambda_{j + 1}$. Let $B$ be another self adjoint real $m \times m$ matrix such that ...
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Integration over a second order tensor [migrated]
I would like to compute the mean value of a second order tensor $\mathbf{T}$
expressed in planar cylindrical coordinates.
The mean value for any second order tensor is (reference [1] page 101)
...
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Matrix Submodular Inequality
Given $a,b,x > 0$ I know following the submodularity property holds:
\begin{align}
\frac{1}{a} - \frac{1}{a+x} \geq \frac{1}{a+b} - \frac{1}{a+b+x}
\end{align}
My question is, does this property ...
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Convexity of a function of matrices
Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ positive-definite matrix. Let $0<\lambda _1 \leq \lambda_2 \leq \lambda _3 \ldots \leq \lambda _n$ be the eigenvalues of $A$. Let $n\geq k\geq 1$. Is the function $f(A) = ...
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Where does this identity involving sums of Hankel-like determinants over partitions come from?
For a partition $\lambda=( \lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n)\vdash n$ with $\lambda_1\ge\dots\ge\lambda_n\ge0$ and any function $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb C$, define a Hankel-like $n\times n$ matrix ...
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Jordan decomposition of the tensor product of two matrices
I asked this question on Math.SE here, but did not get a lot of attention.
I am interested in the problem of determining the Jordan decomposition of the tensor product of two unipotent matrices over ...
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Algorithms to compute the rank of a parametrized matrix [closed]
Motivated by my question on Mathematics StackExchange and by a question by Anirbit on the same site, I ask for some references on the problem of rank computation for a parametrized matrix. References ...
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Lower bound for spectral radius on $\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$
Consider the group of matrices $G =\operatorname{GL}(n,\mathbb{Z})$ with integer entries and determinant $\pm 1$. For each matrix $D \in G$, the product of the eigenvalues of $D$ is equal to $\det D ...
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Multiplicity of Ritz eigenvalues
Consider a Krylov subspace $K_m=\mathrm{span}\{v,Pv,...,P^{m-1}v\}$, for $P$ a square matrix and a nonzero vector $v$. Let $H_m$ represent the projection of $P$ (seen as an application) restricted to ...
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Geometric mean of two matrices
Suppose $D_1$ and $D_2$ are two $3\times 3$ diagonal matrices with real positive entries on their diagonal. Let $K$ be a symmetric $3\times 3$ matrix with zeroes on its diagonal but with arbitrary ...
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Orthogonalization technique after cosparse dictionary update
I'm trying to adapt the cosparse dictionary learning (DL) approach described in Analysis K-SVD to a DL method that creates the dictionary as a union of orthonormal blocks (UONB).
For this I apply the ...
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classifying space and cohomology of integer general linear group
I have obtained that the classifying space
$$
BGL(\mathbb{R}^n)=BO(\mathbb{R}^n)=G_n(\mathbb{R}^\infty)
$$
is the Grassmannian.
I have also obtained that the mod 2 cohomology is the polynomial ...
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cone and its scaled image
Let $C$ be a polyhedral cone in $\mathbb{R}^m$ defined by
$C = \{R y : y \in \mathbb{R}^m_+\}$ and $R\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times m}$.
Let $S: \mathbb{R}^m \to \mathbb{R}^m$, be a scaling map, i.e. $S = ...
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Dual cone of a set of particular semidefinite cones
Let $X$ be a matrix variable
$$X=\begin{pmatrix} x_1 & x_2 & x_3\\ x_2 & x_4 & x_5\\x_3 & x_5 & x_6\end{pmatrix},$$
define the cone as
...
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Smoothness of linear equation
Suppose $\beta$ is a solution to some linear equation $ M \beta = f$ where
$M$ is lower triangular with all negative entries except for the diagonal and first sub-diagonal where all entries are ...
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Bound of spectral radius of polynomial of a complex matrix
I am trying to prove or disprove the following inequality.
$$ ||P(A)||_2\leq 2 \max_{\alpha\in W(A)}| P(\alpha)|,$$
where $P(\cdot)$ is a complex polynomial, $A\in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ and ...
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An exact fraction of a matrix
Let $A$ be a $n \times m$ real matrix with $n<<m$ and of rank $r<n$. It is known that $A$ has exactly two distinct non-zero singular values: $\sigma_{\max}$ and $\sigma_{2}$, and also that ...
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Rank changes with matrix edits
Assume we have rank $r$ real matrix $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ (not constrained to symmetric).
Assume $W\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ is rank $1$ real matrix.
Case $1$: $M+W\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$.
Could ...
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Decomposing matrices to lower ranks
Given real matrix $M\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ of rank $r$. How many $M_i\in\{0,1\}^{n\times n}$ of rank $s$ does one need to write $M'=\sum_{i=1}^ta_iM_i$ for some $a_i\in\Bbb R$ where maximum absolute ...
