Some properties of matrix partial orderings (Q1823290)

The authors examine various properties of the star, minus, and Löwner partial orderings in the sets of \(m\times n\) and \(m\times m\) complex matrices [cf. \textit{M. P. Drazin}, Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 84, 139-141 (1978; Zbl 0395.20044), \textit{R. E. Hartwig}, Math. Jap. 25, 1-13 (1980; Zbl 0442.06006) and \textit{A. W. Marshall} and \textit{I. Olkin}, Inequalities. Theory of majorization and its applications (1979; Zbl 0437.26007)]. They consider the problem of inheriting certain characteristics under these orderings, the problem of preserving a given ordering under some matrix multiplications, and also the problem of establishing relationships between orderings of direct (or Kronecker) and Hadamard products and analogous orderings of the factors involved in them. Then they investigate generalized inverses of matrices in the context of orderings between generalized inverses of a given matrix and in the context of preserving or reversing a given ordering under generalized inversions. Several generalizations of results known in the literature and a number of new results are derived.