On a strong form of a conjecture of Boyle and Handelman

Assaf Goldberger*, Michael Neumann

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Abstract

Let (equation presented). In this paper it is shown that if λ1, . . . , λn are complex numbers such that λ1 = λ2 = . . . = λr > 0 and 0 ≤ (equation presented) for 1 ≤ k ≤ m := n - r, then (equation presented) Moreover, if r ≥ m, then (*) holds for all λ ≥ λ1, while if r < m, but r is close to m, and n is large, one can lower the constant of 6.75 in the inequality (*). The inequality (*) is inspired by, and related to, a conjecture of Boyle and Handelman on the nonzero spectrum of a nonnegative matrix.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)138-149
Number of pages12
JournalElectronic Journal of Linear Algebra
Volume9
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Inverse eigenvalue problem
  • M-matrices
  • Nonnegative matrices

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