Similarity classes and principal submatrices (Q1779401)

The authors investigate similarity classes of matrices with certain properties, defined in terms of ranks and principal submatrices. Namely, they study three related properties of complex square matrices: EPSP -- there is a \(k \times k\) non-singular principal submatrix, where \(k\) is the rank of the matrix. APSP -- all the \( k \times k\) principal submatrices of the matrix are nonsingular, where \(k\) is the rank of the matrix. PSRP -- the rank of every principal submatrix of the matrix is equal to the rank of the submatrix of same rows and all columns and to the rank of the matrix of same columns and all rows. The paper presents some examples and the result that in every unitary similarity class there is a matrix with all of the three properties.