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MATRICES TOTALLY POSITIVE RELATIVE TO A TREE

Authors

Johnson, Charles R. , COSTAS SANTOS, ROBERTO SANTIAGO, Tadchiev, Boris

External publication

Si

Means

Electron J. Linear Algebra

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

JCR Impact

0.892

SJR Impact

0.981

Publication date

01/04/2009

ISI

000265108300001

Scopus Id

2-s2.0-65749091058

Abstract

It is known that for a totally positive (TP) matrix, the eigenvalues are positive and distinct and the eigenvector associated with the smallest eigenvalue is totally nonzero and has an alternating sign pattern. Here, a certain weakening of the TP hypothesis is shown to yield a similar conclusion.

Keywords

Totally positive matrices; Sylvester's identity; Graph theory; Spectral theory

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