Realizability criterion for the symmetric nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem (Q2496649)

A set \(\Lambda\) of complex numbers is said to be realizable if \(\Lambda\) is the spectrum of an entrywise nonnegative matrix. Motivated by \textit{A. Brauer}'s theorem [Duke Math. J. 19, 75--91 (1952; Zbl 0046.01202)], in an earlier paper [Linear Algebra Appl. 369, 169--184 (2003; Zbl 1031.15018)] the author showed how to explicitly construct nonnegative matrices realizing the prescribed real spectrum. Here the sufficiency of that realizability criterion is proved for the existence of a symmetric nonnegative matrix with prescribed spectrum satisfying some conditions. Two illustrative examples are provided.