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In mathematics, the spectral radius of a square matrix or a bounded linear operator is the supremum among the absolute values of the elements in its spectrum.

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Projecting onto space of matrices with spectral radius less than one

Consider the space $$ S = \left\{ A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n} : \mathrm{SpectralRadius}(|A|) \leq 1 \right\}$$ where $|A|$ is the entry-wise absolute value. Given a matrix $M \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times ...
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Minimize spectral norm under diagonal similarity

Let $A$ be a real square matrix of size $n \times n$. Is there an upper bound on the minimum spectral norm under diagonal similarity, i.e., $$ s(A) = \min_{D} \lVert D^{-1} A D\rVert_2, $$ where $D$ ...
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Strategies for bounding the spectral norm of a tensor?

Let $A$ be a symmetric $k$-tensor over a real or complex vector field $W$. We may define its spectral norm $|A|$ by $$|A| = \sup_{v\in W} \frac{|\langle A,x^{\otimes k}\rangle|}{|x|_2^k}.$$ (...
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The spectral radius of a binary matrix

Let $\mathcal B_n$ denote the set of $n\times n$ matrices with entries in $\{0,1\}$. It follows from the spectral radius formula that if $M\in\mathcal B_n$ is not nilpotent, then $\rho(M)$, the ...
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Find a condition such that the spectral radius for a special matrix is smaller than 1 (or a matrix norm smaller than 1)

We need a help to find a reasonable condition such that the spectral radius for a special matrix $\mathbf{J} \otimes\hat{\mathbf{G}}\hat{\mathbf{W}} + \mathbf{I}\otimes\mathbf{\hat{H}}$ is smaller ...
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spectral radius monotonicity

I encountered an inequality when reading a paper. Can someone help to show how to prove it? Let be the spectral radius of matrix $A$ or $\rho(A)=\max\{|\lambda|, \lambda \text{ are eigenvalues of ...
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Operator norm vs spectral radius for positive matrices

I believe the following statement should be true but somehow I don't see an argument: For every integer $d>1$ there exists a constant $C=C(d)>1$ such that whenever $A$ is a $d \times d$ matrix ...
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Can we calculate the spectral radius of the universal cover for specific graphs?

Background For a finite graph $G$, let $\tilde{G}$ denote the universal cover of $G$. For a vertex $v$, let $p_{2n}(v)$ denote the number of paths of length $2n$ that start and end at $v$. The ...
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Maximal eigenvalue of a correlation matrix with some entries fixed as zeros

Let $A$ be real a positive semidefinite matrix of dimension $n$ and with $1$s on the diagonal. Those matrices are sometimes referred to as correlation matrices. From the positivity of the minors, we ...
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The spectral radius of a binary matrix - polynomial growth?

(This is a follow-up to The spectral radius of a binary matrix) Let $\mathcal B_n$ denote the set of $n\times n$ matrices with entries in $\{0,1\}$. QUESTION. Is there a $\delta\in\bigl(0,\frac12\...
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If the spectral radius of matrix $A$ is less than $1$, how to construct a positive definite $Q$ such that $Q - A^{H}QA$ is also positive definite?

It is relatively easy to prove that if there exists a positive definite matrix $Q$ such that $Q - A^{H}QA$ is positive definite, where $A^{H}$ means the conjugate transpose of $A$, then the spectral ...
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Spectral radius of a rank-1 perturbation

Suppose that $\bf A$ is an $n \times n$ matrix, and $\bf u$ and $\bf v$ are vectors. The matrix determinant lemma lets us easily compute the determinant of ${\bf A} + {\bf u} {\bf v}^\top$, while the ...
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Optimizing over matrices with spectral radius <1?

Suppose $F(x)$ is a convex objective function on $n\times n$ matrices, and I need to numerically optimize $F$ with the condition that $x$ has spectral radius less than $1$. This might be too hard, so ...
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Joint spectral radius of $\{M,M^T\}$

Let $F$ be a bounded subset of ${\bf M}_n({\mathbb C})$. G.-C. Rota & G. Strang defined the joint spectral radius of $F$ as follows. For $k\ge1$, denote $F_k$ the set of all products of $k$ ...
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Uniform decay of operator norm for smooth family of operators

Let $\mathscr{H}$ be a Hilbert space and let $\mathbb{R} \to B(\mathscr{H}), r \mapsto S_r$ be a continuous (or smooth) family of operators, where $B(\mathscr{H})$ is the space of bounded operators on ...
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An absolute value eigenvalue question

Denote by $\circ$ the Kronecker product, let $|\cdot|$ denote the matrix/vector of absolute values, and let $e$ be the vector of all ones. Comparison is entrywise, i.e., $y \ge x$ is equivalent to $...
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Computational complexity for spectral radius of symmetric matrix

What is the best known algorithmic complexity for computing the spectral radius (largest eigenvalue in magnitude, possibly with respect to some precision and confidence) of a symmetric matrix of size $...
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Spectral radius of the product of a right stochastic matrix and a block diagonal matrix

Let us define the following matrix: $C=AB$ where $B$ is a block diagonal matrix with $N$ blocks, $B_1$, $B_2$ … $B_N$, each of dimensions $M \times M$. I know that $B_k = I_M - \mu R_k$ with $R_k$ ...
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Regarding spectral radius

Let $A$ be a $C^*$ algebra. Let $a\in A$ be such that $a^*a-aa^*\geq 0$. Doe this imply that the spectral radius of $a$ is equal to $\|a\|$?
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Spectra of products variously permutated

Let $x,y$ be elements of a Banach algebra $A$ and $\lambda\in\mathbb C\setminus\{0\}$. If $\lambda-xy $ is invertible, then $\frac1{\lambda}\big[1+y(\lambda-xy)^{-1}x \big]$ is clearly an inverse of $...
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When does the spectral radius strictly increase?

For bounded linear operators $A$ and $B$ on a Banach space $X$, I'm looking for results which imply that $r(A) < r(A+B)$ (note the strict inequality), where $r(A)$ denotes the spectral radius of $A$...
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An inequality for the spectral radius of block matrices

Let $d,m$ be positive integers. Suppose that $A_{i,j}$ is a $d\times d$-matrix with real entries whenever $i,j\in\{1,\dots m\}$. Let $A$ be the $dm\times dm$ matrix that can be written as a block ...
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About concentration of eigenvalues values of a random symmetric matrix in a specific interval

Given a random symmetric matrix $M$ and two numbers $\lambda_\min$ and $\lambda_\max$ how do we calculate the expected or high probability value of the fraction of its eigenvalues which lie in the ...
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Expected spectral radius for a sparse Erdős-Rényi binary matrix with a certain density

Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ sparse matrix generated via the Erdős-Rényi method. Here, "sparse" means that $\|A\|_F = O(n)$. I am interested in the relationship between the expectation $\mathbb E(\rho(A)...
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Proving anti-concentration for the operator norm of a random matrix

If $X$ is a random matrix then I would like to find $\theta >0$ and $\delta \in (0,1)$ s.t I can say, $$\mathbb{P} \Bigg [ \Big \vert \Vert X \Vert - \mathbb{E} [ \Vert X \Vert ] \Big \vert > \...
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optimize spectral radius

Hi I would like to solve the following optimization problem. Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ nonnegative real matrix where $A^{-1}$is an M-matrix. Let $D=\text{diag}\{d_{1}, \dots , d_{n}\}$ be a ...
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A spectral radius inequality

Define $\rho(A)$ to be the spectral radius of a square matrix $A$. Let $S$ and $T$ be two non-negative square matrices and $h$ a real number such that $\rho(S+T) < h$. Show that $\rho((hI-S)^{-1}T) ...
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Approximations of the spectral radii of completely positive superoperators

Let $V$ be a finite dimensional complex Hilbert space. Let $L(V)$ denote the collection of all linear operators from $V$ to $V$. An operator $\mathcal{E}:L(V)\rightarrow L(V)$ is said to be positive ...
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A relation between norm and spectral radius for some matrix operators on Banach spaces $\ell^{p}$

Let $A=(a_{i,j})_{i,j=1}^{\infty}$ be a semi-infinite matrix with real entries. Suppose further that $A$ and $A^{T}$ (matrix transpose) represent bounded operators on $\ell^{p}$ for $p\geq1$. Denote ...
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The largest eigenvalue of a binary matrix with specific density

I would like to find the largest eigenvalue of an $n \times n$ binary matrix of density $p$, i.e., with $p n^{2}$ ones and $(1-p) n^{2}$ zeros. Any idea or reference is welcome.
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Is $\rho(X_1\dots X_r)^{2/r}\leq \frac{d}{r}\cdot\rho(X_1\otimes X_1+\dots+X_r\otimes X_r)$ for $d\times d$-real matries $X_1,\dots,X_r$?

Let $\rho(A)$ denote the spectral radius of a square matrix $A$. Let $r,d$ be positive integers. Let $X_1,\dots,X_r$ be $d\times d$-real matrices. Then do we necessarily have $$\rho(X_1\dots X_r)^{2/r}...
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Dynamical degree and spectral radius

Let $X$ be a smooth, projective surface over an algebraically closed field $k$ of characteristic zero, and let $f \in \mathrm{Bir}(X)$ a birational map. Let's denote $f_{\ast} : \mathrm{NS}(X) \...
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Spectral norm and "operator norm" for hypergraphs

Consider a $d$-regular, $k$-uniform hypergraph: the elements $S$ of its set $E$ of edges are subsets of $V$ of size $k$, and each vertex $v\in V$ is in $d$ edges. We can then define its adjacency ...
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Continuity of local spectral radius

Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space and let $T \in \mathcal{B}(H)$ be a linear, bounded operator. Given $x \in H$ we define its local spectral radius as $$r_T(x) = \limsup\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty} \|...
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Uniqueness of projection under spectral norm

I am considering $$ \min_{M\in \mathcal{M}} \|X - M\|:=x \neq 0, $$ where $X$, $M$ are $m\times n$ matrices, $\|\cdot\|$ is spectral norm and $\mathcal{M}$ is a matrix subspace. I wonder to what ...
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Spectral radius of infinite substochastic upper triangular matrix

Let $M$ be a Markov chain on $\{0, 1, 2, \dots\} \cup \{\delta\}$, where $\Pr(i \to j) > 0$ for $i, j \in \mathbb{N}$ only if $j > i$, and $\Pr(\delta \to \delta) = 1$. This represents a birth-...
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When does the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for spectral radii of tensor products become equality?

Let $V$ be a complex finite dimensional inner product space. If $A_{1},\dots,A_{n}:V\rightarrow V$ are linear operators, then let $\Phi(A_{1},\dots,A_{n}):L(V)\rightarrow L(V)$ be the superoperator ...
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Fractional reverse direction Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

If $Z_1,\dots,Z_r$ are complex $m\times m$-matrices, then let $\Phi(A_1,\dots,A_r):M_m(\mathbb{C})\rightarrow M_m(\mathbb{C})$ be the linear mapping defined by $\Phi(A_1,\dots,A_r)(X)=A_1XA_1^*+\dots+...
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Can the supremum of this quotient of spectral radii be reached?

Let $V$ be a finite dimensional complex inner product space. If $A_1,\dots,A_r\in L(V)$, then define a mapping $\Phi(A_1,\dots,A_r):L(V)\rightarrow L(V)$ by letting $\Phi(A_1,\dots,A_r)(X)=A_1XA_1^*+\...
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Spectral norm bound for lower triangular matrix

Let $A$ be a $0/1$ square matrix which can be permuted to a non singular or a singular lower triangular matrix. Determinant is either $0$ or $1$. Can we provide tighter upper bounds on its spectral ...
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Case of equality in entrywise spectral radius bound

Let $A,B$ denote square matrices such that $\lvert A_{ij}\rvert\le B_{ij}$ for all $i,j$, and denote the spectral radius by $\rho$. From the Gelfand spectral radius formula it is easy to see that $$\...
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square matrix depending on complex value: spectral radius continous? [closed]

Let $A(z)$ be a $n\times n$ square matrix depending on the complex value $z$ and $\lambda_z$ is its spectral radius. Is $\lambda_z$ continous or is it possible that it can jump? Or maybe someone knows ...
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best known bounds for spectral radius [closed]

There are many bounds for the spectral radius of graphs in terms of no. of vertices, maximum degree, chromatic number etc. I wish to know till date what are the best lower and upper bound for the ...
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Perron-Frobenius theorem to positive delay differential equations

The Perron-Frobenius theorem is that the largest eigenvalue (in modulus) of a non-negative matrix is real (and simple) and corresponds to a non-negative eigenvector. It is applicable to the positive ...
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Are these $L_2$-spectral radii approximations strictly increasing whenever $(A_1,\dots,A_r)$ has no non-trivial irreducible subspace?

If $X$ is a complex matrix, then let $\overline{X}=(X^T)^*=(X^*)^T$ (this means that $\overline{X}$ is the matrix obtained by replacing every entry in $X$ with its complex conjugate), and let $\rho(X)$...
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Is the rank preserved when the spectral radius is maximized?

If $A$ is a matrix, then let $\rho(A)$ denote the spectral radius of $A$. If $A=(a_{i,j})_{i,j}$, then let $\overline{A}=(\overline{a_{i,j}})_{i,j}$. Suppose that $A_1,\dots,A_r\in M_{n}(\mathbb{C})$ ...
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Graph energy and spectral radius

Suppose $G$ is a simple graph of order $n$ with eigenvalues $\lambda_1\geq \cdots\geq \lambda_n$. I've encountered the quantity $L=\big\vert |\lambda_1|-|\lambda_2|-\cdots-|\lambda_n|\big\vert$. Note ...
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Largest eigenvalue of matrix A smaller than 1, what about B when A=B+C? [closed]

Suppose I have a square matrix $A$ that only has non-negative real entries and is not symmetric and not primitive either. It has no "special" structure we could exploit. I know that the ...
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Spectral properties of finite random matrices with regards to Kurtosis

Given a $N \times M$, $N\ge M$ finite random matrix where the elements are drawn from a probability distribution with Kurtosis $\gamma$. Is there anything that can be said about the singular values (...
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Basic question about convergence of top and penultimate eigenvalues of a sequence of operators

$\newcommand{\norm}[1]{\|#1\|}$ $\newcommand{\ab}[1]{\langle #1\rangle}$ $\newcommand{\C}{\mathbf C}$ Questions Let $I$ be the unit interval. Let $H=L^2(I)$ and $T:H\to H$ be a compact self-adjoint ...
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