The normal defect of some classes of matrices

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2012.12.046MaRDI QIDQ1947115zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ryan D. Wasson, Hugo J. Woerdeman

Publication date 12 April 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.4145

zbMATH Keywords

block matricescompletion problemnormal completionnormal defect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Matrix completion problems (15A83) Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57)

Abstract: An n imes n matrix A has a normal defect of k if there exists an (n+k) imes (n+k) normal matrix A_{ext} with A as a leading principal submatrix and k minimal. In this paper we compute the normal defect of a special class of 4 imes 4 matrices, namely matrices whose only nonzero entries lie on the superdiagonal, and we provide details for constructing minimal normal completion matrices A_{ext}. We also prove a result for a related class of n imes n matrices. Finally, we present an example of a 6 imes 6 block diagonal matrix having the property that its normal defect is strictly less than the sum of the normal defects of each of its blocks, and we provide sufficient conditions for when the normal defect of a block diagonal matrix is equal to the sum of the normal defects of each of its blocks.

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