On a nonnegative irreducible matrix that is similar to a positive matrix

Raphael Loewy

Open Mathematics (2012)

  • Volume: 10, Issue: 1, page 303-311
  • ISSN: 2391-5455

Abstract

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Let A be an n×n irreducible nonnegative (elementwise) matrix. Borobia and Moro raised the following question: Suppose that every diagonal of A contains a positive entry. Is A similar to a positive matrix? We give an affirmative answer in the case n = 4.

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Raphael Loewy. "On a nonnegative irreducible matrix that is similar to a positive matrix." Open Mathematics 10.1 (2012): 303-311. <http://eudml.org/doc/269664>.

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References

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  1. [1] Borobia A., Moro J., On nonnegative matrices similar to positive matrices, Linear Algebra Appl., 1997, 266, 365–379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3795(97)00362-5 Zbl0887.15019
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  3. [3] Laffey T.J., Extreme nonnegative matrices, Linear Algebra Appl., 1998, 275–276, 349–357 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3795(97)10059-3 
  4. [4] Laffey T.J., Loewy R., Šmigoc H., Nonnegative matrices that are similar to positive matrices, SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 2009, 31(2), 629–649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/070692807 Zbl1190.15036

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