A criterion for unitary similarity of upper triangular matrices in general position

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2011.03.021MaRDI QIDQ551296zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tatiana G. Gerasimova, Vladimir V. Sergeichuk, Nadya Shvai, Douglas Farenick, Vyacheslav Futorny

Publication date 15 July 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.0040

zbMATH Keywords

classification of matricesFrobenius normgeneral position of matricestriangular matricesunitary similarity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

Abstract: Each square complex matrix is unitarily similar to an upper triangular matrix with diagonal entries in any prescribed order. Let A and B be upper triangular n-by-n matrices that (i) are not similar to direct sums of matrices of smaller sizes, or (ii) are in general position and have the same main diagonal. We prove that A and B are unitarily similar if and only if ||h(A_k)||=||h(B_k)|| for all complex polynomials h(x) and k=1, 2, . . , n, where A_k and B_k are the principal k-by-k submatrices of A and B, and ||M|| is the Frobenius norm of M.

Review text

For any two upper triangular \(n\times n\) matrices which are not similar to direct sums of square matrices of smaller sizes, or which are in general position and have the same main diagonal, a necessary and sufficient condition is given for their unitary similarity. The condition is expressed by the notion of Frobenius norm of matrices.

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