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Similarity of non-standard matrices
I am researching numerical methods for PDEs. I particular, I am looking at methods for the linear hyperbolic PDE
$$
u_t+au_x=0.
$$
This is a common approach, because successful methods for this model ...
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Preserving invertibility with adding rows
Suppose I have two $m\times n$ matrices $A$ and $B$ such that an $m\times m$ submatrix of $A$ is invertible if and only if the corresponding $m \times m$ submatrix of $B$ is. Now let's say I append a ...
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Finite projective geometry and the Krasner hyperfield
The Krasner hyperfield is an algebraic structure of two operations on $K=\{0,1\}$ called $+\colon K\times K\to \mathcal{P}(K)$ and $\cdot\colon K\times K\to K$ with
$0+0=0$
$0+1=1+0=1$
$1+1=\{0,1\}$
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Levelled trees and the homotopy transfer theorem
In section 10.3.12 of Loday-Vallette's book "Algebraic operads", given a $P_\infty$-algebra $(A,d,\alpha)$ the Homotopy Transfer Theorem applied to $H_*(A,d)$ is studied. There, because the ...
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What is the operator norm of the sedenions and beyond?
Suppose that $K$ is a field. Then for all $n$, define a bilinear operation $*$ (or $*_{n,K}$ in case there may be ambiguity) on $K^{2^n}$ along with a conjugation operation $^*$ on $K^{2^n}$ by ...
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The generalized Laplace expansion for tensor
I'm reading this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.3860.
In the Appendix (page 22), the author uses a generalized Laplace expansion for the determinant tensor, as shown in the picture1.
But I only ...
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Pairs of matrices for which traces of powers are independent of the order
Let $A,B$ be $n\times n$ matrices over ${\mathbb C}$ such that, for all $m,k$ and all partitions $(i_1,\ldots ,i_r)$ of $m$ and $(j_1,\ldots ,j_r)$ of $k$ (perhaps with some zero parts),
$${\rm tr}\, (...
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Degree of determinant of a (non-monic) matrix polynomial
Let $n=2, 3, \dots$ and consider the matrix polynomial $L(\lambda)=\sum_{k=0}^{\ell}A_k\lambda^k$, where $A_k \in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$.
In the so-called monic case (or that can be made monic by ...
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Maximum number of ones in a full rank matrix with a restriction
Consider $n \times n$ binary matrices. I am interested in the largest number of ones possible in an $n \times n$ binary matrix with full rank over the field of integers mod 2 with the following ...
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Constructing random graphs with given eigenvalues and eigenvectors
In Linial's presentation on SOME PROBLEMS AND RESULTS IN THE
GEOMETRY OF GRAPHS, on slide 7, some relations of properties of graphs to the eigenvalues of their adjacency matrix are listed, e.g.
if $G$...
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PageRank in directed graphs: equivalence of iterative and eigenvalue methods
Given a directed graph $ G $ with $ n $ nodes, we can represent this graph using an adjacency matrix $ A $. The stochastic matrix $ S $ can be derived from the adjacency matrix using the following ...
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Change in two spectral deviations due to edge deletion in a signed graph
Prove (or disprove) the following. Let $\Sigma=(G,\sigma)$ be a given signed graph. If $\lambda_1\ge\lambda_2\ge\cdots\ge \lambda_n$ and $\mu_1\ge\mu_2\ge\cdots \ge \mu_n$ are the eigenvalues of the ...
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The wedge product of two positive forms is positive
I have previously posted this question on MSE, but still didn't solve it.
Definition. A real $(p, p)$-form $\psi$ on a complex manifold $M^{n}$ is said to be (semi-) positive, if for any $x \in M$, ...
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Invertible matrix with group ring coefficient
Before asking the question I do need
some notations.
$G$ a (torsion-free) group, $\mathbb{Z}^{´}=\mathbb{Z}[\frac{1}{2}]$
$R:= \mathbb{Z}[G]$, $R^{´}=\mathbb{Z}^{´}[G]$ group rings.
$Mat_{n}(R)$ the ...
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Minimally change matrix with determinant 0
In the following matrix equation, all coefficients $a_{ij}>0$ and all $a_i>0$ and the column sums in the matrix $A$ are all 0
(e.g. $-a_{11}+a_{21}+a_{31}=0$, etc.).
This means that
the ...
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What's the problem in using spanning Bessel sequences that are not frames to decompose vectors?
This is related to a question I recently asked on math.SE.
Consider a subset $G\equiv \{g_k\}_{k\in\mathbb{N} }\subseteq\mathcal H$ in a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal H$, and suppose $G$ spans the ...
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Geometric interpretation of a Grammian-like function
Let $\mathbf{v}, \mathbf{w} \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and consider the following function $f : \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$:
$$
f(\mathbf{v},\mathbf{w}) = \|\mathbf{v}\|\|\mathbf{w}...
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Finding positive vectors of a special LGS
Let the following $4 \times 4$ LGS be given for which all coefficients
$a_1, a_2, a_3, a_{11}, a_{12}, ..., a_{33}$ are $>0$:
$a_1 + a_{11} \; x_1 + a_{12} \; x_2 + a_{13} \; x_3 + 0 \; x_4 = (a_{...
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I want a smooth orthogonalization process
The following question is related to research I am doing on reinforcement learning on manifolds.
I have a set of basis vectors $\boldsymbol{B} = \{\boldsymbol{b}_1,\dots,\boldsymbol{b}_k\}$ that span ...
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Asymptotics of A000613
The general linear group $GL_n(\mathbb{F}_2)$ acts on the powerset $2^{{\mathbb{F}_2}^n \setminus \{0\}}$ by multiplication: $A \cdot S := \{Ax \in {\mathbb{F}_2}^n : \, x \in S\}$, for an invertible ...
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I want to find a smooth section of the map from the Stiefel manifold to the Grassmanian manifold
The following question is related to research I am doing on reinforcement learning on manifolds.
I have a set of basis vectors $\boldsymbol{B} = \{\boldsymbol{b}_1,\dots,\boldsymbol{b}_k\}$ that span ...
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Are surjective homogeneous maps open at zero?
I'm asking this question as a follow-up inspired by this one: An open mapping theorem for homogeneous functions?
I'm actually wondering whether there exists an homogeneous map $f:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb ...
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What is the spectrum of this differential operator?
My self-adjount differential operator $L$ is defined by $$L f(x) \equiv u(x) \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} \left( u(x) f(x) \right)$$ where $u(x)$ is a known but arbitrary smooth function that ...
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The relationship between a matrix and its coefficient matrix decomposed in Pauli matrix
For a dimension-$4$ Hermitian matrix $A$, denote pauli matrices $\{I,X,Y,Z\}$ as $\{\sigma_0,\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3\}$ respectively. The pauli matrices form a basis of the matrix space if we take ...
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Closed form of coefficients of a finite field polynomial
I want to find a valid polynomial for a finite field $\mathbb{Z}_p[x]_{f(x)}$ with $d=deg(f(x))$. For this definition to hold, it can be deduced that $p$ must be prime and the polynomial $f(x)$ ...
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Number of points covered by $2n$ hyperplanes in $\mathbf{F}_p^n$
For a prime $p$, fix two bases $U=\{v_1,\dots,v_n\}$ and $W=\{w_1,\dots,w_n\}$ of the vector space $V=\mathbf{F}_p^n$. We may assume $U$ is the standard basis without loss of generality.
For $s_1,\...
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Does this polynomial have a real zero less than or equal to $1/2$?
Is the smallest root $x$ of
$$
10x^{3}-30x^{2}+\left(30-2\sum_{1\le i<j\le6}\cos^{2}\alpha_{ij}\right)x\\
+2\sum_{1\le i<j\le6}\cos^{2}\alpha_{ij}-\sum_{1\le i<j<k\le6}\cos\alpha_{ij}\cos\...
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Is the exponent of $2$ in the Pythagorean theorem the "same $2$" as $[\mathbb{C} : \mathbb{R}]$?
I posted this question in Math StackExchange a couple years ago; due to the recent surge in interest, and following the feedback of several users, I've decided to cross-post it here. I apologize for ...
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Under what conditions does $x^TA^{-1}y> 0$ hold? $A$ is a symmetric positive definite matrix,$A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}_+, x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{n}_+$
This is a tricky problem I encountered in my research. $A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}_+, x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{n}_+$, i.e. $\forall 1\leq i \leq n, 1 \leq j\leq n, A(i, j)>0, x(i), y(i)>0$.
As known, ...
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Diagonalize almost symmetric tridiagonal matrix
I begin with an $n \times n$ real symmetric tridiagonal matrix. However, I replace the non-zero elements in the first and last rows with zeros, so it is no longer symmetric
$$M = \begin{bmatrix} 0 &...
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Smallest root of a degree 3 polynomial
Is it true that the smallest root $t$ of the polynomial
$$
20 t^3 - 30 t^2 + (12 - 4 \cos^2 \alpha - 4 \cos^2 \beta - 4 \cos^2 \gamma) t + \cos^2 \alpha + \cos^2 \beta + \cos^2 \gamma - 2 \cos \alpha \...
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Inequality between product of companion matrices and power of Pisot number
Let $d\geqslant 2$ be an integer and consider a convergent sequence of "companion" matrices
$$A_k := \begin{pmatrix}
a_{k,1} & a_{k,2} & \cdots & a_{k,d} \\\
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Infinite sequence of PSD non-moments in two variables
Define a 2d sequence to be a mapping $a: \mathbb{N}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ (where $\mathbb{N} = \{0, 1, \dots\}$). Here are two definitions of types of 2d sequences:
We say that a 2d sequence $a$ is a ...
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When do the nonzero eigenvalues of a directed graph Laplacian have the same absolute value?
Question: Let $G$ be a strongly connected directed graph on $n$ vertices with Laplacian $L(G)$. Then $L(G)$ has one zero eigenvalue $\lambda_1=0$ and $n-1$ nonzero eigenvalues $\lambda_2,\ldots,\...
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Inequality involving random vectors and absolute values
Let $\mathbb{X}, \mathbb{Y} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be finite sets. Suppose random vectors $X \in \mathbb{X}$ and $Y \in \mathbb{Y}$ are sampled according to a joint distribution $\mathbb{P}_{XY}$. ...
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How to prove that each element of $A(A^TA)^{-1}A^Ty$ is greater than 0, if $A(i,j)>0$ and $y=[1, 1, 1, ..., 1]^T$
Let $A\in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$, $m>n$, $rank(A)=n$, and $\forall 1 \leq i \leq m, 1 \leq j \leq n, A(i, j)>0$, $y=[1, 1, 1, ..., 1]^T$. Let $\beta=A(A^TA)^{-1}A^Ty$, how to prove that each ...
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Regression models as local sections of a chain complex
Let's say we find some regression equation $\ell$ (best fit / linear / whatever words you need to put here) for a sample $D$, subset of population $P$. This equation/model can be thought of as a ...
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Is the transpose of an infinite Hadamard matrix also Hadamard?
Let $\omega$ be the set of non-negative integers. If $f,g:\omega\to\{-1,1\}$ are maps, then we say $f,g$ are almost orthogonal if there is a positive integer $C_0\in \omega$ such that for all $n\in\...
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Largest prime determinant of a binary matrix
Given an integer $n$, I want to prove the existence of an $n\times n$ binary matrix (with 0,1 entries), whose determinant is a prime number. What is a lower bound on the largest determinant that I ...
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Krein-Rutman for integral transforms: proof of convergence to leading eigenvector
Disclaimer: This is a question in functional analysis, on which I don't have much background. It arose from me trying to prove on my own a folklore result in probability theory.
Consider an integral ...
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Question on a vector inequality
Is it true that
$$
\min\left( \begin{aligned}
&\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{v}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{v}\|, \\
&\|\mathbf{u}\| + \|\mathbf{w}\| - \|\mathbf{u} + \mathbf{w}\|, \\
&\|\...
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Efficiently computing $\prod_{i=1}^{n} A_i$
Let $k$ be a nonnegative integer, how to compute $\prod\limits_{i=1}^{n} A_i$ quickly and accurately, where $$A_i=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1\\
i^k & 1
\end{bmatrix}?$$
I know if $k=0$, we can use ...
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Optimizing a matrix quadratic form with respect to Loewner order
Fix integers $1 \leq k \leq n$. Let $P \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times k}$ be such that $P^T P$ has full rank.
Let $\mathcal{X}$ denote the set of unit trace, real $n \times n$ symmetric positive ...
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What are the injective embeddings of R^d into the cone of (semi-) positive definite matrices of dimension d?
How can we characterize the set of all injective functions from $\mathbb{R}^d$ to the set of all symmetric positive definite matrices of dimension d?
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The rank of a matrix expression
I'm studying discrete-time LTI systems and state estimators for them. Recently, I studied this paper. I am facing a matrix rank calculation problem and having trouble solving it. I will provide more ...
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Analytic / algebraic characterization of the limiting value of the unique nonnegative root of a polynomial
I'm interested in the following problem which arises from some "random matrix theory" calculations. Let $\phi,s_1,s_2, p > 0$ with $p \in [0,1]$, and set $p_1=p$, $p_2=1-p$, and $q_k := ...
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Almost orthogonal maps $f:\omega \to \{-1,1\}$
Let $\omega$ denote the set of non-negative integers. For sets $A,B$, let $B^A$ denote the set of maps $f:A\to B$. For $f,g\in\{-1,1\}^\omega$ we say that $f,g$ are almost orthogonal if there is $C_0\...
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$\omega\times\omega$-Hadamard matrices
In the following, we define infinite Hadamard matrices.
Let $\omega$ be the set of non-negative integers. If $f,g:\omega\to\{-1,1\}$ are maps, then we say $f,g$ are approximately orthogonal if $$\...
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Cyclotomic eigenvalue question for Distance-regular graph
I have read this paper. So, I am just thinking about if the following guess is true:
GUESS: Any Distance-regular graph (DRG) has cyclotomic character value property (which means the eigenvalues of a ...
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On minimal eigenvalue
Is it true that $\min\left(\lambda_{\min}(M_{12}),\lambda_{\min}(M_{13}),\lambda_{\min}(M_{23})\right) \le \frac{7}{20}$ where $M_{ij}$ is the matrix obtained by selecting the entries at the ...
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