Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be fixed complex numbers. Let $M_n(a,b,c)$ be the $n\times n$ Toeplitz matrix all of whose entries above the diagonal are $a$, all of whose entries below the diagonal are $b$, and all of whose entries on the diagonal are $c$. For $1\le k\le n$, each $k\times k$ principal minor of $M_n(a,b,c)$ has the same value. We find explicit and recursive formulae for the principal minors and the characteristic polynomial of $M_n(a,b,c)$. We also show that all complex polynomials in $M_n(a,b,c)$ are Toeplitz matrices. In particular, the inverse of $M_n(a,b,c)$ is a Toeplitz matrix when...

A nonnegative definite hermitian m × m matrix A≠0 has increasing principal minors if det A[I] ≤ det A[J] for I⊂J, where det A[I] is the principal minor of A based on rows and columns in the set I ⊆ {1,...,m}. For m > 1 we show A has increasing principal minors if and only if A−1 exists and its diagonal entries are less or equal to 1.

New proofs of two previously published theorems relating nonsingularity of interval matrices to $P$-matrices are given.