Ranks of Hermitian and skew-Hermitian solutions to the matrix equation \(AXA^*=B\) (Q1039745): Difference between revisions

Extremal ranks of solutions of some complex matrix equations and their applications are analyzed and discussed. The authors consider the following problems on solutions to the equation \(AXA^* = B\), where \(A \in {\mathbb C}^{m \times n}\) and \(B \in {\mathbb C}^{m \times m}\) are given with \(B^* = \pm B\) and \(X \in {\mathbb C}^{n \times n}\) is the unknown matrix: {\parindent=6mm \begin{itemize}\item[(i)] The maximal and minimal ranks of Hermitian and skew-Hermitian solutions \(X\), when \(B^* = B\) and \(B^* = -B\), respectively. \item[(ii)] The maximal and minimal ranks of the two real matrices \(X_0\) and \(X_1\) in Hermitian and skew-Hermitian solutions \(X = X_0 + iX_1\), when \(B^* = B\) and \(B^* = -B\), respectively. \end{itemize}} As applications, the maximal and minimal ranks of the real matrices \(C\) and \(D\) in a Hermitian (skew-Hermitian) \(g\)-inverse \((A + iB)^- = (C + iD)\) of a Hermitian (skew-Hermitian) matrix \(A + iB\) are shown.