Short proofs of theorems of Mirsky and Horn on diagonals and eigenvalues of matrices

DOI10.13001/1081-3810.1323zbMATH Open1190.15009arXiv0904.0734OpenAlexW2096884450MaRDI QIDQ3559050FDOQ3559050

Authors: E. H. Lieb, Eric Carlen 

Publication date: 11 May 2010

Published in: The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A theorem of Mirsky provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an N-square complex matrix with prescribed diagonal entries and prescribed eigenvalues. We give a simple inductive proof of this theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0734

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zbMATH Keywords

majorizationinverse eigenvalue problemcomplex matrixprescribed eigenvaluesprescribed diagonals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Inverse problems in linear algebra (15A29)

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