Perron-Frobenius theory for complex matrices (Q1870056)

The purpose of the paper is to present a unified Perron-Frobenius theory for nonnegative, for real not necessarily nonnegative and for general complex matrices. The sign-real spectral radius was introduced for general real matrices. This quantity was shown to share certain properties with the Perron root of nonnegative matrices. The author introduces the sign-complex spectral radius. Again, this quantity extends many properties of the Perron root of nonnegative matrices to general complex matrices. Various characterizations are given and many open problems remain.