Properties of the strict Chebyshev solutions of the linear matrix equation \(AX+YB=C\) (Q1120089)

Let \(A\), \(B\) and \(C\) be matrices of dimensions \(m\times r\), \(s\times n\) and \(m\times n\), respectively, with \(m>r\) and \(n>s\). If \(\| AX_{\infty}+Y_{\infty}B-C\|_{\infty}=\min_{X,Y}\| AX+YB- C\|_{\infty},\) then \(X_{\infty}\) and \(Y_{\infty}\) are called a Chebyshev solution of the linear matrix equation \(AX+YB=C\), where \(\| A\|_{\infty}=\| (a_{ij})\|_{\infty}=\max_{i,j}| a_{ij}|\). In this paper the author studies the properties of the strict Chebyshev solution which has been formulated in a constructive manner by Rice and Descloux when the Chebyshev approximation \(AX_{\infty}+Y_{\infty}B\) of \(C\) is determined uniquely. He mainly gives a necessary and sufficient condition, in order that the matrices \(X\) and \(Y\) are a strict Chebyshev solution of \(AX+YB=C\), supposing \(m=r+1\), \(n=s+1\), \(\text{rank}(A)=r\) and \(\text{rank}(B)=s\).