In my research on linear algebra and its applications, I have come across the following problem which has stumped me: > Let $ A $ be a positive definite matrix and let $ D $ be a positive diagonal matrix with entries on the main diagonal: $ d_1,d_2,...,d_n $, both $ A $ and $ D $ have the same dimension $ n \times n $. I was interested in understanding how the eigenvalues of the sum $ A + ADA $ qualitatively behave with respect to the eigenvalues of $ A $ and the entries $ d_1,...,d_n $. I thought since this sum has a special form, one could hopefully say a bit more analytically than using the fact that the two summands are Hermitian and commute. I thought about using some other related techniques, but unfortunately I am stumped. I certainly appreciate all help on this.