Maximal elements under the three partial orders (Q1200551)
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Maximal elements under the three partial orders (English)
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16 January 1993
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Three useful partial orders on a class of \(n\times n\) complex matrices are studied: The star order, minus order and the Loewner or positive semidefinite order. The authors characterize the maximal elements for each of these, when they exist, in a number of classes including the projections, the idempotents, the unitary matrices, and the contractions. In the class of nilpotent matrices they characterize the maximal elements of the star and minus orders but obtain only partial results describing the maximal elements for the positive semidefinite order.
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partial orders
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star order
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minus order
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positive semidefinite order
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maximal elements
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projections
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idempotents
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unitary matrices
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contractions
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nilpotent matrices
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