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Consider the following $n\times n$ real-valued matrix: $$ A=\begin{bmatrix} \alpha_1 & \beta_1 & 0 &\cdots & 0 &\gamma_n\\ \gamma_1 & \alpha_2 & \beta_2 & \cdots & \cdots & 0\\ 0 & \ddots & \ddots & …

Let $\{C_i\}_{i=1}^N$ be a set of $n\times m$ real matrices of full column-rank and such that $\mathrm{Range}[C_1,C_2,\dots,C_N]=\mathbb{R}^n$, $\{P_i\}_{i=1}^N$ a set of $m\times m$ positive definite …

Let $P$ and $Q$ be positive definite matrices. Consider the following matrix equation $$\label{star}\tag{$\star$} XPX^\top - P = -Q, \quad X\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}. $$ My question. Is it true th …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be an Hurwitz stable matrix (i.e., the spectrum of $A$ lies on the left-half complex plane) and let $P$ be the unique positive definite solution of the following Lyapu …

Consider the following Laurent polynomial matrix-valued function in the variable $x\in\mathbb{C}$ $$ A(x) = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & x \\ x^{-1} & 0\end{bmatrix}. $$ I'm interested in finding a factorizat …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a diagonalizable matrix with real and strictly positive eigenvalues (note that $A$ is not required to be symmetric). My question. Do there exist an orthogonal …

Let $\mathrm{diag}(A)$ denote the diagonal matrix with diagonal entries of $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ and let $\succeq$ denote the standard partial order in the cone of (symmetric) positive definite …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{r\times m}$ be a matrix of full row rank, and let $\cdot^+$ denote the Moore-Penrose inverse. Consider a sequence of matrices $\{B_n\}_{n>1}$, $B_n\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$, who …

Let $\{Y_i\}_{i=1}^N\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}$ be a set of full column rank matrices ($\mathrm{rank}(Y_i)=m$ for all $i$) and $\{P_i\}_{i=1}^N\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times m}$ be a set of positive definite m …

Let $O\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}$, $m>n$, be such that $O O^\top =I_n$. (Here $\bullet^\top$ denotes transposition and $I_n$ the $n\times n$ identity matrix.) Consider the following partition of $O$, $ …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a diagonalizable matrix with real and strictly negative eigenvalues. Furthermore, suppose that $\mathrm{tr}(A)=-1$. My question. I'm wondering whether it is pos …

Let $C(e^{i\theta})$ be an $m\times n$ ($m\ge n$) matrix-valued continuous function of $\theta\in[-\pi,\pi]$. Let $A_1(e^{i\theta})$ and $A_2(e^{i\theta})$ be two $n\times n$ positive definite matrix- …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a matrix having eigenvalues with strictly negative real part (in other words, $A$ is supposed to be Hurwitz stable). Let $\mathrm{tr}(\cdot)$ denote the trace opera …

Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$, $B\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}$ and let $X\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$, $X=X^\top>0$ be the solution of the following Lyapunov algebraic equation $$ AX+XA^\top=-BB^\top. $ …

Let $\{v_i\}_{i=1}^N$ be a set of $n$-dimensional real vectors spanning $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $p\in [0,1]$ be a rational number and consider the iteration \begin{equation} X_{k+1}=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^ …