Zero forcing parameters and minimum rank problems

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DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2010.03.008zbMATH Open1209.05139arXiv1003.2028OpenAlexW2099618798MaRDI QIDQ975607FDOQ975607

P. van den Driessche, Francesco Barioli, Wayne Barrett, Bryan L. Shader, Hein van der Holst, Shaun M. Fallat, Leslie Hogben, H. Tracy Hall

Publication date: 10 June 2010

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

Abstract: The zero forcing number Z(G), which is the minimum number of vertices in a zero forcing set of a graph G, is used to study the maximum nullity / minimum rank of the family of symmetric matrices described by G. It is shown that for a connected graph of order at least two, no vertex is in every zero forcing set. The positive semidefinite zero forcing number Z_+(G) is introduced, and shown to be equal to |G|-OS(G), where OS(G) is the recently defined ordered set number that is a lower bound for minimum positive semidefinite rank. The positive semidefinite zero forcing number is applied to the computation of positive semidefinite minimum rank of certain graphs. An example of a graph for which the real positive symmetric semidefinite minimum rank is greater than the complex Hermitian positive semidefinite minimum rank is presented.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2028




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