Spectra of convex hulls of matrix groups (Q2310390)
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Spectra of convex hulls of matrix groups (English)
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6 April 2020
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For a general matrix group $G$, the hull spectrum $\operatorname{HS}(G)$ is the subset of the complex plane consisting of all eigenvalues realized by any convex combination of elements of $G$. If $\mathcal G$ is an abstract group, one can consider the hull spectra $\operatorname{HS}(\rho(\mathcal G))$ for representations $\rho$ of $\mathcal G$. Motivated by the literature about $DS_n$, the subset of the complex plane consisting of all eigenvalues of all possible $n\times n$ doubly stochastic matrices, the authors study the hull spectrum $\operatorname{HS}(G)$, which is the region analogous to $DS_n$ for different matrix groups. They show that the hull spectra of finite matrix groups share many of the nice geometric properties that $DS_n$ possesses: they are star-shaped from any $\eta\in [0,1]$ (assuming $G$ is nontrivial), they are contained in the unit disc, and they are bounded above and below. The authors classify the hull spectra of (possibly infinite) abelian matrix groups by taking the union of the hull spectra of groups of complex numbers (considered as groups of $1\times 1$ matrices). They also analyse the faithful hull spectra of cyclic groups of finite order $n$. This is then used to provide lower bounds on $\operatorname{HS}(G)$ for a finite matrix group $G$. They obtain upper bounds on $\operatorname{HS}(G)$ by considering the field of values (numerical range). The authors also provide a number of examples, including the hull spectra of dihedral groups of symmetries of the $n$-gon, the quaternion group, and applying their results to $DS_n$ in order to reprove some known properties using the group structure of $\operatorname{S}_n$ rather than using facts about nonnegative or doubly stochastic matrices.
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convex hull
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inverse eigenvalue problem
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matrix groups
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matrix representations
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