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Questions about the properties of vector spaces and linear transformations, including linear systems in general.
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Real square roots of symmetric matrices
In joint work with Andreas Fischle (TU Dresden, Germany) and Patrizio Neff (U Essen, Germany) we needed to use the following statement: If $S$ is a real $n\times n$ matrix with $S^2$ symmetric, then t …
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Die hard nilpotent spaces
You conjecture is not true. Let $P$ be the $3\times 3$ matrix
$$
\left(
\begin{array}{ccc}
0&1&0\\
0&0&1\\
0&0&0\end{array}
\right)
$$
which is nilpotent with $P^2\neq 0$.
Consider the subspace of $9 …
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Determinant and eigenvalues of a specific matrix
This came up in a conversation with an engineer friend of mine.
Let $c>0$ be a constant. Let $A_{ij}$ be an $n$ by $n$ matrix with entries
$$
A_{ij} = e^{-c(i-j)^2}.
$$
Is there a name for this matri …
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Proof for a rank-one decomposition theorem of positive (semi) definite matrices
I don't know what's going on with the paper, but here is an argument regarding existence of such decompositions.
Given a rank one decomposition
$$X = \sum_{i=1}^R x_ix_i^T$$
one has $\sum_{i=1}^R x_ …
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Splitting subspaces and finite fields
Clearly, the statement is invariant under multiplication by $a\in K$, so we may assume that $W\ni 1$. This implies that $W\supseteq R$, and we want to show that $W=S$.
Suppose that $t\in W$. I claim …
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For a set of matrices $S$, find $X$ such that the elements of $SX$ commute
This is not a complete solution by any means, but here are some ideas.
If one of $A_j$ (or their linear combinations) is invertible, then one can get
a necessary and sufficient condition. Namely, if …
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When is this matrix singular?
For $\phi_j=0$ and $t_k=k$ you have (up to a constant) the matrix $A_{jk}= \lambda_j^k - \lambda_j^{-k}$ where $\lambda_j=\exp( i w_j)$. You can factor out $\lambda_j-\lambda_j^{-1}$
to get a matrix $ …