Asymptotic positivity of Hurwitz product traces: two proofs

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2009.10.016MaRDI QIDQ846296zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Christian Fleischhack, S. Friedland

Publication date 9 February 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0030

zbMATH Keywords

Laplace transformtrace inequalitiesBessis-Moussa-Villani conjectureHurwitz productspositive Hermitian matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57) Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices (15B48) Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Matrix exponential and similar functions of matrices (15A16) Miscellaneous inequalities involving matrices (15A45)

Abstract: Consider the polynomial $tr(A+tB{)}^m$ in $t$ for positive hermitian matrices $A$ and $B$ with $minN$. The Bessis-Moussa-Villani conjecture (in the equivalent form of Lieb and Seiringer) states that this polynomial has nonnegative coefficients only. We prove that they are at least asymptotically positive, for the nontrivial case of $ABeq0$. More precisely, we show - once complex-analytically, once combinatorially - that the $k$-th coefficient is positive for all integer $mgeq{m}_0$, where $m_0$ depends on $A$, $B$ and $k$.

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