On the eigenvalues of Toeplitz matrices with two off-diagonals

arXiv2305.15107MaRDI QIDQ6437796FDOQ6437796

Authors: Sven-Erik Ekström, David Meadon

Publication date: 24 May 2023

Abstract: Consider the Toeplitz matrix

T_{n} (f)

generated by the symbol

f (h e t a) = h a t f_{r} e^{m a t h b f i r h e t a} + h a t f_{0} + h a t f_{- s} e^{- m a t h b f i s h e t a}

, where

h a t f_{r}, h a t f_{0}, h a t f_{- s} i n m a t h b b C

and

0 < r < n, 0 < s < n

. For

r = s = 1

we have the classical tridiagonal Toeplitz matrices, for which the eigenvalues and eigenvectors are known. Similarly, the eigendecompositions are known for

1 < r = s

, when the generated matrices are ``symmetrically sparse tridiagonal. In the current paper we study the eigenvalues of $T_{n} (f)$ for $1 l e q r < s$ , which are ``non-symmetrically sparse tridiagonal. We propose an algorithm which constructs one or two ad hoc matrices smaller than

T_{n} (f)

, whose eigenvalues are sufficient for determining the full spectrum of

T_{n} (f)

. The algorithm is explained through use of a conjecture for which examples and numerical experiments are reported for supporting it and for clarifying the presentation. Open problems are briefly discussed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Numerical computation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices (65F15) Toeplitz, Cauchy, and related matrices (15B05)

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