On the distance from a matrix to nilpotents

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2023.09.011MaRDI QIDQ6084877zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michiya Mori

Publication date 6 November 2023

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04463

zbMATH Keywords

distancenilpotentprojection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Norms of matrices, numerical range, applications of functional analysis to matrix theory (15A60) Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57) Norms (inequalities, more than one norm, etc.) of linear operators (47A30) Linear operator approximation theory (47A58)

Abstract: We prove that the distance from an $nimesn$ complex matrix $M$ to the set of nilpotents is at least $frac12secfracpin+2$ if there is a nonzero projection $P$ such that $PMP=M$ and $M^{\ast }MgeqP$. In the particular case where $M$ equals $P$, this verifies a conjecture by G.W. MacDonald in 1995. We also confirm a related conjecture in D.A. Herrero's book.

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