Persymmetric Jacobi matrices with square-integer eigenvalues and dispersionless mass-spring chains

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2019.10.002MaRDI QIDQ2332462zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ruggero Vaia, Lidia Spadini

Publication date 4 November 2019

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01379

zbMATH Keywords

inverse problemJacobi matrixmass-spring chainperfect pulse transmissionsquare-integer eigenvalues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Inverse problems in linear algebra (15A29) Inverse problems for systems of particles (70F17) Jacobi (tridiagonal) operators (matrices) and generalizations (47B36)

Abstract: A real persymmetric Jacobi matrix of order $n$ whose eigenvalues are $2k^2$ $(k=0,\mathrm{...},n-1)$ is presented, with entries given as explicit functions of $n$. Besides the possible use for testing forward and inverse numerical algorithms, such a matrix is especially relevant for its connection with the dynamics of a mass-spring chain, which is a multi-purpose prototype model. Indeed, the mode frequencies being the square roots of the eigenvalues of the interaction matrix, one can shape the chain in such a way that its dynamics be perfectly periodic and dispersionless.

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