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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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How to show the following matrix has eigenvalues $-d,-d+1,...,d$?
Consider the following $(2d+1)\times (2d+1)$ matrix:
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A = \begin{pmatrix}
0 &\frac{2d}{2} & 0 &0 & \cdots &0 & 0 \\
\frac{1}{2} & 0 & \frac{2d-1}{2} &0& \...
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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
$$N_{i,1}=\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 0 \\
e_{i,1} & 1
\end{...
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Is it possible to solve this kind of quadratic simultaneous equations?
$$\mathbf{x} = (x_1, x_2, ..., x_N)^T \in \mathbb{R}^{N} \\
\mathbf{A}_i \in \mathbb{R}^{N \times N},
\mathbf{b}_i \in \mathbb{R}^N ,
\mathbf{c}_i \in \mathbb{R}\\
\mathbf{x}^T\mathbf{A}_i\mathbf{x}...
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Eigenvectors of $P^\top P$ for 0/1 matrices $P$
Let $P$ be an $m \times N$ matrix of zeros and ones (think $N \gg m$), and let $\mathbf{u} \in \mathbb{R}^N$ be a unit vector satisfying $P^\top P\mathbf{u} = \lambda^2 \mathbf{u}$ for some $\lambda &...
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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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Low rank matrix completion with additional constraints
I have an $n \times n$ matrix $M$ of the form
$$ \sum_{i=1}^r \pi_i \frac 1 {1 - s_i} (1 - s_i)^\top,$$
where the $s_i$'s are $n \times 1$ vectors with positive entries that sum to 1, $1 - s_i$ is the ...
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Prove uniqueness of Radon transform without using Fourier transform
The uniqueness of Radon transform can be expressed by the following claim (I assumed that the function has compact support for simplicity):
If a continuous function with compact support has zero ...
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An inequality in an Euclidean space
For $n\geq 1$, endow $\mathbb{R}^n$ with the usual scalar product. Let $u=(1,1,\dots,1)\in\mathbb{R}^n$, $v\in {]0,+\infty[^n}$ and denote by $p_{u^\perp}$ and $p_{v^\perp}$ the orthographic ...
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Prove positivity of a binomial sum
Some problems appear easy on the face of it, but perhaps they are not. Here is an instance of a certain calculation which is slightly reformulated from its original encounter in a current work. I have ...
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Linear algebraic group, absolute root system, computing roots
Let $G(F)$ be a reductive linear algebraic group, where $F$ is a local field. Let $T(F)$ be a maximal anisotropic torus of $G$ that splits over a quadratic extension of $F$. Is there an efficient ...
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Identifying two definitions of orientation on a vector space
Let $V$ be an $n$-dimensional real vector space. Here are two definitions of an orientation on $V$:
A generator of the $1$-dimensional vector space $\wedge^n V$, up to multiplication by positive ...
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Is every real number in [0,1] a product of three (or more) Cantor set's numbers?
It is well known that every number $x$ in the unit interval $[0,1]$ is the arithmetic mean of two elements of the (triadic) Cantor set $C$. The way to see it I like the most: the Cantor set is the ...
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Constructing an $n$-simplex at the border of a $n$-ball by orthogonal hyperplanes
I want to construct an $n$-simplex the following way:
Choose $n$ vectors in the boundary of an $n$ dimensional ball, which are forming an $(n-1)$-simplex together.
Place the orthogonal affine $n-1$-...
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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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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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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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Guess the next polynoms in the sequence (MO vs. AI :), count anticommuting $F_p$-matrices, P. Hrubeš conjecture
Here is a sequence of polynoms - (presumably) counting N-tuples of ANTI-commuting 2x2 matrices over $F_p, p>2$. (That is just the case of 2x2 matrices, and (surprisingly) it is not so easy to see a ...
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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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Orthogonalization of symmetric non-degenerate bilinear forms
It is well-known that given a field $k$ with characteristic different from $2$, every symmetric non-degenerate bilinear form $B$ over a finite-dimensional space can be orthogonalized. This means that ...
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$G$-module structure of the relation module for a presentation of a finite group $G$
Let $F_n$ be a free group of rank $n\ge 2$, and $F_n\rightarrow G$ a surjection with $G$ finite. Let $R$ be the kernel. From this, we get an action of $G$ on the abelianization $R/R'$ (a free abelian ...
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A curious equation on determinant----linear algebra or algebraic geometry?
I recently find a curious and unexplainable(as seems to me) equation on determinant as follows.
$$3\begin{vmatrix}
a_1 & b_1 & c_1 & d_1 \\
a_2 & b_2 & c_2 & d_2 \\
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Forming real positive semidefinite matrices from complex matrices
I have asked this question on the Mathematics Stack Exchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4924554/forming-real-symmetric-positive-semidefinite-matrices-from-complex-matrices.
Let $Q \in \...
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rank of an integer valued matrix
I make some numerical experiments, involving rank of integer valued matrices of the size about $14\times 24$. As the matrix is integer valued, theoretically there should be no room for errors. However ...
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Minimum-norm solution of $A = X B + B^T X^T$
Let $A, B, X$ be invertible square matrices, and let $A$ additionally be symmetric. I'd like to solve the following minimization problem:
$$\text{argmin}_X |\!| X |\!|_F \ \ \ \ \text{s.t.} \ \ \ \ A =...
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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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Inequality with Hermite polynomials
Consider the (physicist's) Hermite polynomials $H_n(x)$ which are divided by
$$\sqrt{\sqrt{\pi} 2^n n!}$$
for the purpose of normalization.
These are orthogonal with respect to the weight function $e^{...
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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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Commutator subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}_n(R)$ when $R$ is a PID with unity
Hua and Reiner in their paper titled "Automorphisms of the unimodular group" have established what will be the commutator subgroup of $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{Z})$, $\forall n\geq 0$. I have ...
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learning about split cut (Integer Programming)
Here is a part of Integer Programming (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 271) 2014th Edition.
In lemma 5.9, aiming at showing that a finite number
of splits ${(\pi, \pi_0)}$ are sufficient to generate ...
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Convergence of mollified functions in weighted $L^p$ norm
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Let $(\rho_n)_{n \geq 1}$ be a sequence of mollifiers on $\bR^d$, i.e., each $\rho_n$ is a ...
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Maximum determinant of binary matrices with special properties
Let $A$ be an $n$-by-$n$ binary matrix (all elements are in $\{0,1\}$). It is known that the determinant of $A$ is bounded by $O(n^{n/2} / 2^n)$. I am looking for tighter upper bounds for matrices ...
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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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Seeking Help with Classifying Polygons: Waterholes and Airpockets in 2D Space
I am currently in the process of writing software and have encountered a mathematical problem. Perhaps there are some experts here who are familiar with this. It involves the classification of ...
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Does every $(n-1)^2 + 1$-dimensional subspace of $n\times n$ Hermitian matrices that contains identity, contain a rank-1 matrix?
Let $M_i$, $i=1,\dots,(n-1)^2+1$, $M_1 = 1_{n\times n}$ be a set of linearly-independent Hermitian $n\times n$ matrices. Show that there exists a rank-1 matrix $P$, which is a linear combination of $...
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“Smallest” non-zero linear combination of vectors to obtain a non-negative vector
We say that a vector $\mathbf{x}$ in $\mathbb{Z}^j$ is non-negative if it is of the form
\begin{bmatrix}
x_1 \\
x_2 \\
\vdots \\
x_j \\
\end{bmatrix}
where $x_{i} \geq 0$ for all $i=1,\...
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Minimizer of forward and reverse Kullback-Leibler divergence with sum constraints on marginals
Consider minimization of the Kullback Leibler divergence between two discrete distributions $p$ and $q$:
\begin{align*}
D_{KL} \left( p \parallel q \right) = \sum_i p_i \log \left( \frac{p_i}{q_i} \...
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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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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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Maximal set of $n$-bit strings that does not span $\mathbb{R}^n$
I am trying to find out the maximum-sized subset $S\subseteq \{0,1\}^n$ of $n$-bit strings that does not span $\mathbb{R}^n$.
It is easy to show that $S$ has size at least $2^{n-1}$ when $S$ exactly ...
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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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Is there a name for matrices of the form $a_{ij}=\frac{1}{a_{ji}}$?
I have a matrix that is “kind of symmetric.” Specifically, it is an $n \times n$ real matrix such that the entries $a_{ij}=1/a_{ji}$ whenever $j \ne i$. I want to investigate the properties of this ...
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What is the "natural" or "physical" norm on the Hessian matrix (and other higher derivatives)?
Let $u : \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R$ and let $H : \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb R^{n \times n}$ be its Hessian matrix. What is the "natural" choice of pointwise norm on the Hessian ...
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Is there a conceptual reason why every square complex matrix is similar to a complex-symmetric matrix?
The question is maybe a bit vague, but like the title says: Every square complex-matrix $M$ is equal to $P S P^{-1}$ where $S = S^T$. The proof begins by taking the Jordan Normal Form of $M$, and then ...
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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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Bound of entries of inverse of a unimodular matrix whose row sum is bounded
Many questions have been asked about the bound of the entries of the inverse of a matrix subject to certain conditions. Here my condition is slightly different: let $A=(a_{ij})$ be an $n \times n$ ...
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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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Linear independence over field of rational functions
To prove that functions $f_1(x), \dots, f_n(x)$ with $x \in \mathbb R$ are linearly independent, we only need to show that the Wronskian of these functions is non-zero at a certain value of $x$. Now ...
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What's the explicit value of this determinant
Let $n\ge2$ be a positive integer, and let $b_1,\cdots,b_n, c_1,\cdots, c_n$ be variables.
Recently, I met the following determinant:
$$\det A=\left|\begin{array}{cccc}
1 & b_1+c_1 & b_1^2+c_1^...
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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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