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Determinant of a Certain Positive-Definite Block Matrix
Is there a lower bound for the determinant or minimum eigenvalue of the following $d$ by $d$ matrix in terms of $d$?
$$\Gamma=\left( {\begin{array}{cc}
I & B \\
B^{*} & I \\
\end{array} ...
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Perturbation of eigenvalues of some special matrices
In perturbation theory of linear operators, one major question is how the eigenvalues of a linear operator $A$ change under a small perturbation, $A(x) = A + xP$, with $x\in\mathbb{R}$. For instance, ...
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Eigenvectors as continuous functions of matrix - diagonal perturbations
The general question has been treated here, and the response was negative. My question is about more particular perturbations. The counterexamples given in the previous question have variations not ...
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The maximal eigenvalue of a symmetric Toeplitz matrix
Let $0\le x\le 1$ be a real number. Denote by $A_n(x)=(a_{ij})$ the $n$ by $n$ matrix such that $a_{ij}=x^{|i-j|}$ and let $\lambda_n(x)$ be the maximal eigenvalue of $A_n(x)$.
Is there any ...
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Bound on the ratio of top 2 eigenvalues
Let $P$ be a $n \times n$ stochastic matrix such that $P_{ij}=\tau$ if $i \neq j$ and $P_{ii} = 1 - (n-1)\tau$ where $0<\tau < \frac{1}{n}$.
It is clear that the largest eigenvalue of $P$ is 1, ...
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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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Matrices with real spectrum
Assume you have a non-symmetric real square matrix all of 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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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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Simple Spectrum of Jacobi matrices
I want to call a matrix a Jacobi matrix (cause there may be different notions of Jacobi matrices) if it is a tridiagonal matrix with positive off-diagonal entries. Now, I read that the spectrum of ...
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Existence of a matrix product from its eigenvalues
Let A and B be two positive definite, real, symmetric matrices. The eigenvalues of A, B and AB, denoted by $\lambda(X)$, obey the relation (from Bhatia):
$$
\lambda^\downarrow(A) \cdot \lambda^\...
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Determinant of the sum of a psd (Kronecker) matrix and a diagonal matrix?
Let $K = K1 \otimes K2$ where $K1$ and $K2$ are positive semidefinite matrices. Let $W$ be a diagonal matrix with positive entries. (Everything is real-valued.)
I want to calculate or bound $\det (...
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Anti-bidiagonal matrix with main anti-diagonal {1,2,3,...} and first sub-anti-diagonal {-1,-2,-3,...} has eigenvalues lambda={1,-2,3,-4,...}
Consider the anti-bidiagonal matrix $B_6\in\mathbb{R}^{6\times 6}$, defined along its anti-diagonals as follows
$$
B_6=\begin{bmatrix} & & & & & 6\\
& & & &...
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MInors related problem [closed]
A matrix $A$ has $m$ rows and $n$ colums, such that $m \leq n$. We know that each row of $A$ has the norm $1$ (the norm of an element $x=(x_1,x_2,...,x_n) \in \mathbb{R}^n$ is $||x||=\sqrt{x_1^2+x_2^2+...
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Eigenvalues of this matrix
I have a linear map that is defined by $$T:\text{lin}(1,...,x^m) \rightarrow \text{lin}(1,...,x^m) \text{ with}$$ $$x^k \mapsto 2w(k-m)x^{k+1}+(k^2-k-w^2)x^k-2kwx^{k-1}+(k-k^2)x^{k-2}$$
Let me give a ...
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Largest eigenvalue of the sum of Hermitian matrices [closed]
Is there an expression for the largest eigenvalue of the sum of two Hermitian matrices in terms of the spectrum of the same matrices?
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Alike looking matrices imply convergence of eigenvalues?
This is a question about convergence of eigenvalues which essentially came up in studying the spectrum of St.-Liouville operators.
We want to look at matrices that agree in most of their entries and ...
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How do eigenvalues change if we duplicate a row and column of a symmetric matrix?
Let $\bf A$ be a $n \times n$ symmetric positive semidefinite matrix whose first column is denoted by ${\bf a}_1$. We define a new matrix,
$$ {\bf B} = \begin{bmatrix} a_{11} & {\bf a}_1^T \\ {\bf ...
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Is this function well studied?
Let $A_1,\dots,A_L$ be $N\times N$ hermitian matrices. Define the simplex
\begin{align}
\mathcal{S}=\left\{[x_1,\dots,x_L]\mid x_i\geq 0,~\sum_{i=1}^{L}x_i=1 \right\}
\end{align}
and consider the ...
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Comparison of the smallest eigenvalues of two tridiagonal matrices
Let $n\geq2$ be an integer and $E_{ii}$ for an integer $2\leq i\leq n$ be the $n\times n$-matrix with its $ii$-entry equal to 1 and remaining entries equal zero. Furthermore, let $H_n:=\mathrm{tridiag}...
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Existence of a real eigenvalue
I have a matrix $M \in \mathbb{R}^{(n+1) \times (n+1)}$ that is tridiagonal.
In numerical computations I found out that I always find a real eigenvalue. My question is: Is there a theorem that ...
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Maximising a Rayleigh quotient over a subspace
Let $M\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be symmetric positive definite and consider a matrix $Q\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}$ ($m<n$) with orthonormal columns ($Q^TQ=I$). I'm interested in finding an exact ...
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Does small Perron-Frobenius eigenvalue imply small entries for integral matrices?
Suppose that $M$ is an $n \times n$ matrix where each entry is a positive integer. Then $M$ is Perron-Frobenius and so has unique largest real eigenvalue $\lambda_{\textrm{PF}}$.
Does an upper ...
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Dominant eigenvalue of sum of tridiagonal and diagonal matrices
Suppose I have a tridiagonal square matrix $A$ of some nice form, for which I know the eigenvalues $\lambda_1<\dots<\lambda_n$. $A$ is also essentially nonnegative (nonnegative everywhere except ...
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When is this matrix singular?
Consider matrix $A$ with $(j,k)$′th entry $A_{j,k}=\sin(\omega_j t_k+\phi_j),\,\forall j,k\in\{1,2,...,n\}$, where $\omega_j,t_k,\phi_j\in \mathbf R$.
1) For $t_k=k$, what is the condition on $\...
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Frobenius-Perron eigenvalue and eigenvector of sum of two matrices
Suppose that I have two positive matrices, $A$, and $B$, and I know their Frobenius-Perron eigenvalues ($\lambda_A$, $\lambda_B$) and eigenvectors ($v_A$, $v_B$). I'm interested in what I can say ...
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Dimension independent computational complexity of singular value decomposition
Suppose $X$ is a $m \times n$ real matrix, which has only $k$ number of nonzero elements ($k \ll mn$).
Given a vector $y$, the sparsity of $X$ allows $X y$ to be computed in $O(k)$ time
which is ...
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When is there a solution to these coupled eigenvalue equations?
I am trying to find the fixed point of a dynamical system, which requires solving two coupled eigenvalue-like equations. These equations are, in general, overconstrained. I'd like to have a simple ...
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What is known about the spectrum of a Cauchy matrix?
Math people:
A Cauchy matrix is an $m$-by-$n$ matrix $A$ whose elements have the form
$a_{i,j} = \frac{1}{x_i-y_j}$, with $x_i \neq y_j$ for all $(i, j)$, and the $x_i$'s and $y_i$'s belong to a ...
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Is my use of the eigendecomposition correct here?
I'm exploring different techniques to efficiently solve some matrix equations. My situation is that I have a matrix $\textbf{H} = \textbf{J}^T \textbf{J}$, where $\textbf{J}$ is a matrix with no ...
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Upper bound on iterations count for power iteration algorithm
I'm stuck trying to get upper bound on iterations count for power iteration algroithm for finding first eigenvalue of adjacency matrix $A$ given tolerance value. I've tried to figure something out ...
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Eigenvalues of permutations of a real matrix: how complex can they be?
This is sort of complementary to this thread. I’ll repeat the definitions here:
For a matrix $M\in GL(n,\mathbb R)$, consider the $n!$ matrices obtained by permutations of the rows (say) of $M$ and ...
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Eigenvalues of permutations of a real matrix: can they all be real?
For a matrix $M\in GL(n,\mathbb R)$, consider the $n!$ matrices obtained by permutations of the rows (say) of $M$ and define the total spectrum $TS(M)$ as the union of all their spectra (counting ...
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Eigenvalues of symmetric tridiagonal matrices
Suppose I have the symmetric tridiagonal matrix:
$$ \begin{pmatrix}
a & b_{1} & 0 & ... & 0 \\\
b_{1} & a & b_{2} & \ddots & \vdots \\\
0 & b_{2} & a & \...
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Characterizing the singular values of a matrix with structure
Suppose we have a function from $\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{C}$,
$$f(x,y) = e^{\imath\pi x g(y)}$$
where $g(y)$ is periodic in $y\in[-T, T),\ T<\infty$ (e.g., a sinusoid) and $0\leq x < \infty$
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Spectrum of a Laplacianized matrix
Suppose that $A$ is a positive matrix and that we let $R$ be the diagonal matrix of $A$'s row-sums. What can be said about the spectrum of $R-A$? I am particularly interested in the largest eigenvalue ...
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Connection between eigenvalues of matrix and its Laplacian.
Hello!
There are two definitions of graph spectrum:
1) Eigenvalues of adjacency matrix $A$.
2) Eigenvalues of Laplacian of adjacency matrix ($L$).
Different sources offer different properties based ...
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Relationship between eigenvalues of $A-B$ and eigenvalues of $A^2-B^2$
Let us suppose that $A_{n}$ and $B_n$ are sequences of positive definite matrices satisfying
$$c \leq \lambda_{\min}(A_n)\leq \lambda_{\max}(A_n)\leq C$$
and
$$c \leq \lambda_{\min}(B_n)\leq \...
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Condition for block symmetric real matrix eigenvalues to be real
I have a $2n \times 2n$ block symmetric matrix that in the simplest case ($n=2$) looks like:
$$
M_2 = \begin{bmatrix}
a_1 & 0 & b_{1,2} & -b_{1,2}\\\
0 & -a_1 & b_{1,2} & -b_{...
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Upper bound on largest eigenvalue of a real symmetric $n \times n$ matrix with all main diagonal entries positive, everywhere else nonpositive
Is there a good analytic upper bound on the largest eigenvalue of a real symmetric n*n matrix with all main diagonal entries strictly positive, all other entries <=0 with typically many of them ...
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Eigenvalue problem for symmetric block tridiagonal matrices?
Is there a procedure to find the eigenvalues of $\textbf{M}$?
$$\begin{eqnarray}
\textbf{M}=\left[
\begin {array}{ccccc}
\textbf{A} & \textbf{B} & & &\\
\...
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Upper bounds on eigenvalues of PSD matrix?
Suppose A is a symmetric positive semidefinite matrix. Is there a way to upper bound the largest eigenvalue using properties of its row sums or column sums?
For instance, the Perron–Frobenius ...
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Eigenvalues vs.matrix sparsity
For an n X n matrix whose entries are constrained to be in some [x,y], is the maximum absolute eigenvalue of the matrix a function of its sparsity?
Is there a closed-form expression that states this ...
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Destroying the structure of a linear system while preserving its maximum eigenvalue
I have an asymmetric square matrix with non-negative real entries in the range [0,10], representing the edge-weights of a directed network. Assume that the network is a linear system. My general ...
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Eigenvalues of the product of two symmetric matrices
This is mostly a reference request, as this must be well-known!
Let $A$ and $B$ be two real symmetric matrices, one of which is positive definite. Then it is easy to see that the product $AB$ (or $BA$...
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Properties of eigenvalues of general nonnegative matrices
I am aware, that an answer to this question can be found via Perron-Frobenius theory or something very similar, but unfortunately I am far from being an expert in the field and I am unable to find the ...
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Maximum singular value of a random $\pm 1$ matrix
Define a matrix $\mathbf{A} \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times n}$ such that each element is independently and randomly chosen with probability $\frac 12$ to be either $+1$, or $-1$. Do you know any result in ...
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Spaces of matrices with same eigenvalue/Great circles in O(n)-orbits
Let $Sym^2(V)$ be the set of symmetric matrices of a real $n$-dimensional vector space $V$. Given an element $\underline{\lambda}=[\lambda_1,\ldots \lambda_n]\in \mathbb{RP}^n$, where $\lambda_1\leq\...
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rank-one perturbation of a matrix corresponding to a specific spectrum
Let $A$ be a real symmetric matrix whose spectrum is $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots,\lambda_n$.
Let $A'$ be the matrix obtained by adding a perturbation to $A$. The requirement is that only the second ...
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Smallest eigenvalue of a tricky random matrix
While experimenting with positive-definite functions, I was led to the following:
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ be sampled from a zero-mean, unit variance gaussian. Consider ...
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