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Descartes rule of signs for a noncommutative polynomial in matrix variables
Recently, while studying certain notions of "averaging" a set of input matrices, I obtained a nonlinear polynomial in matrix variables. A simple example is
\begin{equation*}
\mathcal{G}(X) := X^n - \...
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Nonzero subdeterminants conjecture: has anybody seen this anywhere?
I already posted this question on Mathematics StackExchange. A user there suggested that I rather post it on mathoverflow, since it is a research question. So here it is.
Let $m\geq2$, $n\geq1$ be ...
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Does $\varphi: \mathbb{P}^{n} \to \mathbb{P}^{n}$ have periodic points missing the critical hypersurface?
I am trying to prove that if $\varphi: \mathbb{P}^{n} \to \mathbb{P}^{n}$ is an algebraic morphism of degree $d > 1$ (by which I mean $\varphi^{*}(\mathcal{O}(1)) = \mathcal{O}(d)$, so the ...
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Resultant of a binomial and a trinomial
Does anyone know of any papers dealing with the resultant of a binomial $x^n+a$ and a trinomial $x^r+bx^s+c$ ?
Even special cases would be of interest.
(The resultant of two binomials is well known.)...
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Is there a matrix with this specific quadratic determinant?
We have $\det M=(a+b)(c+d)$ where
$M=\begin{bmatrix}
a& 0& -1& 0\\
0& c& 0& -1\\
b& 0& 1& 0\\
0& d& 0& 1
\end{bmatrix}$ and $\det M'=(a'+b')(c'+d')$...
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Characteristic polynomial of a symmetric integer matrix
I am wondering what, if anything, is known about the characteristic polynomials of integer symmetric matrices. I believe I read somewhere that not every polynomial with integer coefficients can be a ...
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How to prove the following equation (which involves binomials and determinant of 2×2 matrices)?
I have tried many ways to prove the following equation, such as the method of induction and expanding all the terms in the summation,but things got more complicated.I could not find an appropriate ...
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An operator derived from the divided difference operator $\partial_{w_0}$
Some main definitions and basic facts of divided differences:
In the symmetric group $S_n$, let $s_i$ denote the adjacent transposition $(i,i+1),i\in \{1,2,\cdots,n-1\}.$ Since $S_n$ is generated by ...
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Decomposition of a determinant
Let $M$ be a $4\times 4$ symmetric matrix whose entries $m_{i,j}$ for $i,j =1,\dots,4$ are homogeneous polynomials of degree $2$ in $3$ variables. Assume that $m_{1,1} = 0$.
Does there exist a ...
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The rank of a special matrix
Suppose that $P$ is a polynomial of degree $d:=\deg P$ over a field $\mathbb F$ of zero characteristic, splitting completely into pairwise distinct linear factors, and $B,C\subset\mathbb F$ are sets ...
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Diagonalization of Hermitian Matrix Polynomials
I have a question on the decomposition of polynomial matrices.
Suppose $A(\lambda) = \sum_{j=0}^L \lambda^j A_j$ is an $n \times n$ matrix of polynomials, which is Hermitian on the real axis $\lambda ...
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(Expected) Size of smallest singular value of a Vandermonde matrix associated to roots of polynomial
Let $n,H$ two fixed positive integers.
Let $P\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ a monic integral polynomial of height $H$ and degree $n$ taken uniformly at random (i.e. each of the $n$ free coefficients of $P$ is ...
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Rank of a particular matrix
Denote $P_{2n}$ to be collection of homogeneous total degree $2$ real polynomials in exactly $2n$ variables such that coefficient of every monomial is either $1$ or $-1$.
Split variable set into ...
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Numbers of positive terms in polynomials equal A069999
Let $a(n)$ be A069999 (i.e., number of possible dimensions for commutators of $n \times n$ matrices; it is independent of the field). OEIS states that no generating function is known.
Let $P(n,k)$ be ...
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A very specific quotient of a determinantal variety
I'm interesting in knowing whether a certain variety defined by maximal minors is irreducible. The specific construction is as follows: let $n \geq 2$ and let $R = \mathbb{C}[a_1,b_1,c_1,d_1,e_1,f_1,...
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How to decompose a matrix over a ring $F[X_1,\ldots,X_k]$ as a product of two matrices
Let $F$ be a field. Assume any reasonable conditions if needed, such as $F=\mathbb R$, $F=\mathbb C$, $F$ is a finite field, or $F$ has a specific characteristic, etc. Let $C$ be an $n\times1$ matrix ...
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Roots of determinant of matrix with polynomial entries — a generalization
For $1 \le i, j \le k$, consider $\rho_{ij}$ which are equal to either zero or one such that $\rho_{ii}=1$ and $\rho_{ij}=0$ if and only if $\rho_{ji}=0$. How to find the zeros of the determinant of ...
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Real-rooted polynomials with coefficient constraints
My question is whether there exists $(a_0, a_1, \ldots, a_{2n-1}) \in \mathbb{R}_{+}^{2n}$ such that
(1). $a_{2k} + a_{2k+1} = \binom{3n-1}{3k} + \binom{3n-1}{3k+1} + \binom{3n-1}{3k+2}$ for all $0 \...
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Metrics on the group of unimodular polynomial matrices
The group of unimodular matrices $\mathbb{U}[s]^{n\times n}$ is given by the set of $n\times n$ square (real) matrix-valued polynomials $\mathbb{R}[s]^{n\times n}$ which admit a polynomial inverse. ...
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Tight upper bound for the degree of the entries of adjugate of polynomial matrix
(This question was originally asked at Math.SE, where it didn't receive any answers.)
Let $A(x_1, \ldots, x_m)$ be a $n$ x $n$ matrix whose entries are polynomials on real variables $x_1, \ldots, ...
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Hilbert series of the weight 0 sub-algebra of the algebra of functions on GL(N)
Let $A$ be the algebra of polynomials in $N^2$ variables $x^i_j$, $i,j=1,\dots,N$. It is $\mathbb{Z}^N$ graded, with $\text{weight}(x^i_j)=e_i-e_j$. Here $(e_1,\dots,e_n)$ is the standard basis of $\...
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Rank of Hadamard product of column-wise polynomial evaluations and row-wise exponential evaluations
Consider the Hadamard product $A \odot B$ between two special matrices $A,B \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times m}$. The columns of $A$ are evaluations of polynomials, while the rows of $B$ are evaluations of ...
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Eigenvalues of a subset of matrix semigroup
My apologies for slightly longer post but I wanted to explain lower dimensional cases and their proofs before asking the actual question, which starts after the phrase The general case below.
A two-...
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Characterisation of Coxeter matrices with all non-real eigenvalues having absolute value 1
Let $C$ be an invertible integer matrix. Then a matrix $M$ is called Coxeter matrix (following Sato in https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379505001709?via%3Dihub ) when $M=-C^{-1} ...
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Phase angles of a complex eigenvector
I have the following system for $\lambda \in \Bbb C, \lambda \neq 0$ and $\pmb{p},\pmb{q} \in \Bbb C^n$, $(\pmb{p}^T, \pmb{q}^T)\neq0$:
$$\begin{cases} F(\lambda) \pmb{p} - g(\lambda) \pmb{q} - \...
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Is it true that the generator of maximal ideal in $M_n(P[x])$ can be choosen to be monic?
Let $P$ be a finite field and $R=M_n(P[x])$ be a matrix polynomial ring.
I want to prove
that for every polynomial (not necessary with invertible leading term) $A(x)\in R$ such that $R\cdot A(x)$ is ...
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A possible conjecture on exponential asymptotics of random recursion relations
I have come to suspect that the following is true (and have confirmed it with some numerical experiments) but I have no idea how to prove it.
Background: Let $f(z) = \sum_{n=0}^N a_n z^n$ be some ...
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Intersecting vector spaces defined over different fields
Let $K_1, K_2$ be subfields of $K$, let $k = K_1 \bigcap K_2$, let $V_1$ be a $K_1$-vector space, $V_2$ be a $K_2$-vector space, both of them subsets of a $K$-vector space $V$.
How can I compute a $k$...
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Boundary of pseudospectra
Suppose:
$B_i \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$, $0<w_i\in \mathbb{R}$ $(i = 0,1,2,\ldots,m)$
${\rm P}(x) ={\rm{B}_m} x ^m + \cdots + B_1 x + B_0$ is a matrix polynomial, and $x $ is a complex ...
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Distributing partially known data between n parties
Assume that $n = 2r+1$. There are $n$ elements $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ from a finite field $\mathcal{F}$, and $n$ parties. Each party knows the values of at least $r+1$ elements out of those $n$ elements....
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Largest root of the Adjacency matrix of two graphs (comparison)
Let $G$ and $H$ be two graphs whose spectral radius (largest eigenvalue) of the adjacency matrix is the largest root of the following polynomial:
$$P_G(x) = x^6-x^5-(2a-n+5)x^4+(2a-n+1)x^3+2(5a-3n+5)x^...
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Quick calculation of a symmetric product with two indices
Say I have a product $\prod_{1\le i \le N-1}\prod_{i<j\le N-1} (1+t_i t_j a_{ij})$, where $a_{ij}$s are real number. I want to calculate the coefficient of $\prod_{0 \le i < N} t_i$. Is there an ...