Complexified cones. Spectral gaps and variational principles

arXiv1011.5171MaRDI QIDQ6222002FDOQ6222002

Publication date: 23 November 2010

Abstract: We consider contractions of complexified real cones, as recently introduced by Rugh in [Rugh10]. Dubois [Dub09] gave optimal conditions to determine if a matrix contracts a canonical complex cone. First we generalize his results to the case of complex operators on a Banach space and give precise conditions for the contraction and an improved estimate of the size of the associated spectral gap. We then prove a variational formula for the leading eigenvalue similar to the Collatz-Wielandt formula for a real cone contraction. Morally, both cases boil down to the study of suitable collections of 2 by 2 matrices and their contraction properties on the Riemann sphere.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Inequalities involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors (15A42) Invariant metrics and pseudodistances in several complex variables (32F45) Positive linear operators and order-bounded operators (47B65) Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30) Eigenvalue problems for linear operators (47A75)

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