Bounds on the \(k\)th multi-\(g\) base index of nearly reducible sign pattern matrices (Q947803)

The authors mainly investigate the \(k\)th multi-\(g\) base index for non-powerful primitive nearly reducible sign pattern matrices. Sharp upper bounds are given, together with a complete characterization of the equality cases of the \(k\)th multi-\(g\) base index for primitive nearly reducible generalized sign pattern matrices. The authors also show that there exist ``gaps'' in the \(k\)th multi-\(g\) base index set of the classes of such matrices.