A proof of the elliptical range theorem via Kippenhahn's theorem

DOI10.35834/2021/3302181zbMATH Open1485.15028arXiv1807.04268OpenAlexW3216705661MaRDI QIDQ2116690FDOQ2116690

Luis Ramírez, Yen-Fen Wang, Pietro Paparella

Publication date: 18 March 2022

Published in: Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The elliptical range theorem asserts that the field of values (or numerical range) of a two-by-two matrix with complex entries is an elliptical disk, the foci of which are the eigenvalues of the given matrix. Many proofs of this result are available in the literature, but most, with one exception, are computational and quite involved. In this note, it is shown that the elliptical range theorem follows from the properties of plane algebraic curves and a straightforward application of a well-known result due to Kippenhahn.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04268

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zbMATH Keywords

numerical rangefield of valueselliptical range theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Norms of matrices, numerical range, applications of functional analysis to matrix theory (15A60) Numerical range, numerical radius (47A12)

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• An arithmetic proof of John's ellipsoid theorem
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