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Formula expressing symmetric polynomials of eigenvalues as sum of determinants
The trace of a matrix is the sum of the eigenvalues and the determinant is the product of the eigenvalues. The fundamental theorem of symmetric polynomials says that we can write any symmetric ...
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yet another determinant and inverse of a matrix
This problem is some variation of another MO question. Consider the matrix
$$M_n:=\begin{bmatrix}-c& a & a& \dots & a \\ b & c & a& \ddots & a\\ b & b & -c &...
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Homogeneous polynomials, mixed determinants, positive definiteness
Are there $n\times n$ real matrices $A_{1}, \ldots, A_{n}$ such that the $n$-homogeneous polynomial
$$
f(x_{1}, \ldots, x_{n}) = \det(x_{1} A_{1}+\cdots +x_{n} A_{n})
$$
never vanishes on $\...
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Determinant of correlation matrix of autoregressive model
I wonder if there is a paper that can point out how to compute the determinant of a $d \times d$ autoregressive correlation matrix of the form
$$R = \begin{pmatrix}
1 & r & \cdots & r^{d-...
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Divisibility properties of minors of matrices
Let $A$ be an $m\times n$ matrix with integer entries. Let $d_i(A)$ be the greatest common divisor of all $i\times i$ minors of $A$, and define $d_0(A)=1$. Whenever $i\leq j$, one has that $d_i(A)$ ...
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Yet, another generalization of Catalan determinants
The discussion on this page is motivated by Johann Cigler's MO question. My intention arose from a possible generalization of Cigler's matrix
$$A_{n,m}=\left( \binom{2m}{j-i+m}-\binom{2m}{m-i-j-1} \...
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Determinant in terms of certain $2\times 2$ minors
Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ matrix with entries $a_{i,j}$. Define an $(n-1)\times(n-1)$ matrix $B$ with entries $b_{i,j}=a_{1,1}a_{i+1,j+1}-a_{1,j+1}a_{i+1,1}$. Then $\det(B)=a_{1,1}^{n-2}\det(A)$.
I ...
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Fuss-Catalan: how does equality of these determinants hold?
There are many ways that the Catalan numbers seemed to have been generalized, one among them is through what Graham-Knuth-Patashnik (in Concrete Mathematics) dubbed as the Fuss-Catalan numbers
$\frac1{...
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"Circulant-Vandermonde" matrix: in search of a formula
An $n\times n$ circulant matrix $\mathbf{X}_n$ has the form
\begin{align}
\mathbf{X}_n= \begin{bmatrix}
x_1 & x_2 & \cdots & x_{n-1} & x_n \\
x_2 & x_3 & \cdots & x_n&...
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On a variation of the Vandermonde matrix
The ubiquitous Vandermonde matrix, of entries $(x_i^{j-1})_{i,j}^{1,n}$, and its determinant
$$\prod_{i<j}^{1,n}(x_j-x_i)$$
have found many utilities in Combinatorics and Physics, among other ...
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Can one do better than using general purpose determinant algorithms when using the Fisher-Kasteleyn-Temperley method for perfect matchings?
Questions.
(numerical.generalPfaffian) Is it proved anywhere that in general it is not easier0 to calculate the determinant (over $\mathbb{Q}$) of the skew-symmetric signed adjacency matrix defined ...
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Where does this identity involving sums of Hankel-like determinants over partitions come from?
For a partition $\lambda=( \lambda_1,\dots,\lambda_n)\vdash n$ with $\lambda_1\ge\dots\ge\lambda_n\ge0$ and any function $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb C$, define a Hankel-like $n\times n$ matrix $$M_f(\...
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Statement of Lagrange's theorem on determinants(elementary question).
Apologies for this elementary question; but I was unable to find a reference otherwise.
Let $A, B, C$ be square matrices of the same dimension. Then,
$$\begin{vmatrix} A & C \\\ 0 & B \end{...
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Determinant and inverse of a "stars and stripes" matrix
This is a variant of another MO question. Consider the matrix
$$M_n:=\begin{bmatrix}c_1& a & b&a& \ddots & a \\ b & c_2 & a& b&\ddots & b\\ a & b & c_3&...
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Pfaffian generalization
The identity
$$\left|
\begin{array}{cccc}
x & y_1 & y_2 & y_3 \\
z_1 & 0 & a & b \\
z_2 & -a & 0 & c \\
z_3 & -b & -c & 0 \\
\end{array}
\right|=\...
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Determinant formula for a certain parametrized M-matrix
Let $P_{ij}$ be variables, and let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be the matrix defined by
$$
A_{ij} = \begin{cases}
-P_{ij} & i \neq j,\\
P_{i1} + P_{i2} + \dots + P_{in} & i=j.
\end{cases}
$$...
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When does $\det \begin{pmatrix} A & X \\ X^T & A \end{pmatrix} = (\det A)^2 + (\det X)^2$?
Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ real symmetric matrix.
Let
$$
M = \begin{pmatrix} A & X \\ X^T & A \end{pmatrix}
$$
where $X$ is a real invertible $n \times n$ matrix. I am interested in finding ...
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Non-trivial ways for generating matrices $A$ for which $A + A^T$ is positive-definite?
Disclaimer: This might be an SE question, but I'm not quite sure...
Thanks in advance!
Setup
So, it is known (see Proposition 5.2) that if $A + A^T$ is positive-definite then $A$ must be a $P$-...
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Traces in associative algebras
Are there some books or papers about the general definition of traces:
If $\mathscr{A}$ is an associative algebra over $K$ then the space of traces is the set of all linear functionals $\tau:\mathscr{...
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A variant of numeric Vandermonde which failed symbolically?
Given some variables $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n$, the Vandermonde determinant is given by
$$V_n(x_1,\dots,x_n):=\det(x_j^{i-1})_{i,j=1}^n=\prod_{i<j}(x_j-x_i).$$
One can take as special cases: $x_j=j$ ...
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What is the mathematician's definition of the determinant? [closed]
I am trying really hard to find a good definition of the determinant.
I have looked virtually every single resource online and everybody gives a different answer:
sum of cofactors or minors https://...
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A symmetric matrix with nonzero principal minors is cogredient to a diagonal matrix via an upper triangular
A paper I'm reading in representation theory states the following result:
Let $F$ be a field of characteristic zero, and $x$ a symmetric matrix in $M_n(F)$ all of whose principal minors are not zero. ...
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