A note on the Hoffman-Wielandt theorem (Q2365668)

This paper contains a simple proof of a generalization of the well-known Hoffman-Wielandt theorem. The proof based on the Birkhoff-König theorem stating that the set of doubly stochastic matrices is the convex hull of the permutation matrices and on the fact that a linear functional defined on a convex polyhedron achieves its optimal value on a set which includes a vertex.