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Computing the eigenvalues of $A+E$ where $A$ is an upper triangular matrix whose diagonal entries are all zero and $E$ is a rank one matrix

Let us consider the backward-shift matrix $B=(b_{ij})\in M_n(\mathbb{R})$ whose entries are given by $b_{k,k+1}=1$ and the other entries are all 0. We also consider $X=(x_{ij})\in M_n(\mathbb{R})$ ...
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Hölder continuity of spectrum of matrices

Endow $\mathbb{C}^{d \times d}$ with the norm induced by the Euclidean norm on $\mathbb{C}^d$. It is well-known (to those who know it well, I guess) that the spectrum $\sigma(A)$ of a matrix $A \in \...
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Eigenvalues invariant under 90° rotation

Consider $N \times N$ matrices $$A = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & \cdots & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 & & 0 \\ \vdots & 1 & 0 & \...
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The discrete Fourier transform's Gaussian-like eigenvector

I have the $N$x$N$ matrix below where $N$ is a power of 2 (usually 64 or 256) and $\omega = 2\pi/N$. What is its largest eigenvalue? $\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 & 0 & 0 & \cdots & 0 &...
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Eigenvalues of two positive-definite Toeplitz matrices

Consider two positive-definite Toeplitz matrices $M_1$ and $M_2$ both with dimension $2^j \times 2^j$. Their matrix elements are: $$M_1[x,y] = \frac{\text{sin}(\pi(x-y)/2^j)}{\pi(x-y)} \qquad M_2[x,y] ...
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Why is the set of Hermitian matrices with repeated eigenvalue of measure zero?

The Hermitian matrices form a real vector space where we have a Lebesgue measure. In the set of Hermitian matrices with Lebesgue measure, how does it follow that the set of Hermitian matrices with ...
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Monotonicity of eigenvalues II

In a previous question here, I asked the question below for block matrices and received an answer showing the question is true if $\mathcal B$ is hermitian and false, in general if $\mathcal B$ is non-...
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Monotonicity of eigenvalues

We consider block matrices $$\mathcal A = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & A\\A^* & 0 \end{pmatrix}$$ and $$\mathcal B = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & B\\C & 0 \end{pmatrix}.$$ Then we define the new matrix $...
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Eigenvalues of operator

In the question here the author asks for the eigenvalues of an operator $$A = \begin{pmatrix} x & -\partial_x \\ \partial_x & -x \end{pmatrix}.$$ Here I would like to ask if one can extend ...
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Imaginary eigenvalues

Consider the matrix $$A(\mu) = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1& 0 & 0 \\ -1 & -i\mu & 0 & i \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 &i & -1 & i\mu \end{pmatrix}.$$ This matrix is ...
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Eigenvalue pattern

We consider a matrix $$M_{\mu} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & \mu & 1 & 0 \\ -\mu & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 &-1 & 0 & 0 \end{pmatrix}$$ One easily ...
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Eigenvalues of splitting scheme

In numerical analysis it is common to approximate a solution to a PDE $$u'(t) = (A+B) u(t), \quad u(0)=u_0$$ which is just given by $e^{t(A+B)}u_0$ by the splitting $e^{tB/2} e^{tA} e^{tB/2}u_0.$ Here,...
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Spectral symmetry of a certain structured matrix

I have a matrix $$ A= \begin{pmatrix} 0 & a & d & c\\ \bar a & 0 & b & d \\ \bar d & \bar b & 0 & a \\ \bar c & \bar d & \bar a & 0 \end{pmatrix} $$ As ...
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Compact operator without eigenvalues?

Consider the operator $M$ on $\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})$ defined by for $u\in \ell^2(\mathbb Z)$ $$Mu(n)=\frac{1}{\vert n \vert+1}u(n).$$ This is a compact operator! Then, let $l$ be the left-shift and $r$ ...
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Differentiability of eigenvalues of positive-definite symmetric matrices

Let $A\in M(n,\mathbb{R})$ be an invertible matrix. Consider the (real) eigenvalues $\lambda_1,\cdots,\lambda_n$, in increasing order, of the positive-definite symmetric matrix $A^t A$. We shall ...
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Spectral theorems for generalized Hermitian matrices

Let $k$ be a field, and let $\sigma$ be a nontrivial involutory automorphism of $k$. Let $A$ be a square matrix with entries in $k$, such that $(A^{\sigma})^T = A$; here $A^\sigma$ means the matrix $(...
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Unimodality of a function of a non-negative matrix

I am taking an interest in the following problem: Consider a real matrix with non-negative entries $\boldsymbol{A} \in \mathbb{R}_+^{d \times d}$, with $d \in \mathbb{N}$. For $k \in \mathbb{N}$, ...
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Perturbing a normal matrix

Let $N$ be a normal matrix. Now I consider a perturbation of the matrix by another matrix $A.$ The perturbed matrix shall be called $M=N+A.$ Now assume there is a normalized vector $u$ such that $\...
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Spectrum of this block matrix

Consider the following block matrix $$A = \left(\begin{matrix} B & T\\ T & 0 \end{matrix} \right)$$ where all submatrices are square and matrix $B = \mbox{diag}\left(b_1 ,0,0,\dots,0,b_n \...
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Perturbation theory for matrices

I encountered the following problem. Since this is somewhat not related to what I normally do, I wanted to know what the best estimates in this field are. Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ be a ...
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How are eigenvalues and eigenvectors affected by adding the all-ones matrix?

Given an $n \times n$ matrix $A$ and the $n\times n$ all-ones matrix $J = (1)_{ij}$, I'm interested in the relation between the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrices $A$ and $A+J$, or more ...
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Spectral radius's relation with row sum

Let $A$ be a non-negative $N \times N$ square matrix with $a_{i,i}=0, 1 \leq i \leq N$. Also, let $r_i$ be the $i$-th row sum of $A$. I know that $\rho(A)$, the spectral radius of $A$, is bounded as ...
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Does $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ holds for matrices with spectral radius smaller then 1?

Given a symmetric positive semidefinite matrix matrix $A$, if its spectral radius $0<\rho(A)<1$, does the inequality $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ hold true? $\|A\|_{2}$ denotes ...
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Largest eigenvalues distribution of tridiagonal symmetric random matrix

I would like to find the largest eigenvalue distribution of the following tridiagonal symmetric random matrix in an analytic way. All the ${\lambda}_i$ are distributed the same way with chi-square (...
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Proof of eigenvalue stability inequality via Courant-Fischer min-max theorem

T. Tao in his notes on eigenvalue inequalities uses Courant-Fischer min-max theorem to prove the eigenvalue stability inequality. Specifically, I am looking for proof of Eq. (13) where he states as ...
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Bounding the largest Singular value

D is a $n \times n$ diagonal matrix whose diagonal entries lies in $(0,1]$. B is any $n \times n$ n.n.d. matrix. What will be the sharpest upper bound on the largest eigenvalue of: $(D+B)^{-1}D^2(...
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Characterisation of a matrix ordering property

Let $n$ be a positive integer; we consider all matrices mentioned henceforth to be $n$-by-$n$ matrices. Let $A$ and $B$ be matrices wherein all entries are nonnegative (such matrices will be called ...
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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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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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Separating the spectrum of a Hermitian matrix

Given Hermitian matrix $A$, I would like to perturbate it so that its eigenvalues become well-separated. Specifically, let $A$ be some Hermitian matrix, and let $G$ be a Gaussian matrix, with each ...
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