Combined matrices in special classes of matrices (Q551318)

The \textit{combined matrix} of a nonsingular matrix \(A\) is the matrix \(A \circ (A^{-1})^t\), where \({}^t\) stands for matrix transpose, and \(\circ\) is the Hadamard (entrywise) product of matrices. Previous work of the authors discussed and characterized diagonals of combined matrices \(A \circ (A^{-1})^t\) for \(M\)-matrices \(A\) and positive definite matrices \(A\). In the paper under review, the authors concentrate on some other classes of matrices, such as totally positive matrices (i.e., matrices in which the determinant of every square submatrix is positive) and Cauchy matrices.