Uniqueness of matrix square roots under a numerical range condition

DOI10.1016/S0024-3795(01)00358-5MaRDI QIDQ5957193zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Charles R. Johnson, Kazuyoshi Okubo

Publication date 6 September 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3795(01)00358-5

zbMATH Keywords

matrix square rootnumerical rangespectrum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Matrix equations and identities (15A24) Norms of matrices, numerical range, applications of functional analysis to matrix theory (15A60)

Review text

For \(A\in M_n({\mathbb C})\) denote by \(\sigma (A)\) its spectrum and by \(W(A)\) its numerical range, i.e. \(W(A)=\{ x^*Ax\mid x^*x=1\), \(x\in {\mathbb C}^n\}\). Denote by RHP the open right half of the complex plane and by \(\overline{\text{RHP}}\) its closure. The authors consider the question under what additional conditions is the square root of \(A\) unique. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEIt is known that if \(\sigma (A)\cap (-\infty ,0]=\emptyset\) (resp. \(W(A)\cap (-\infty ,0]=\emptyset\)), then there exists a unique \(B\in M_n({\mathbb C})\) such that \(B^2=A\) and \(\sigma (B)\subset\) RHP (resp. \(W(B)\subset\) RHP). In the paper it is shown that 1) if \(A\) is nonsingular and \(W(A)\cap (-\infty ,0)=\emptyset\), then there exists a unique \(B\in M_n({\mathbb C})\) such that \(B^2=A\) and \(W(B)\subset\) RHP; 2) if \(W(A)\cap (-\infty ,0)=\emptyset\), then there exists a unique \(B\in M_n({\mathbb C})\) such that \(B^2=A\) and \(W(B)\subset\overline{\text{RHP}}.\) NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEFor \(2\times 2\)-matrices a complete answer to the question is given which matrix \(A\) has a unique square root \(B\) such that \(W(B)\subset\overline{\text{RHP}}.\)

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