Eigenvalues of Words in Two Positive Definite Letters

DOI10.1137/S0895479801387073zbMath1007.68139arXivmath/0511411MaRDI QIDQ2784388

Charles R. Johnson, Christopher J. Hillar

Publication date: 23 April 2002

Published in: SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0511411

zbMATH Keywords

positive definite matrix; palindrome; positive eigenvalues; word; trace conjecture; nearly symmetric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

15A23: Factorization of matrices

68R15: Combinatorics on words

15A42: Inequalities involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors

15B57: Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices

81Q99: General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory

20F10: Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata (group-theoretic aspects)

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