Eigenvalues of words in two positive definite letters

SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 916-928

  Johnson, Charles R ^a   Hillar, Christopher J ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Nearly symmetric; Palindrome; Positive definite matrix; Positive eigenvalues; Trace conjecture; Word

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036400873     PISSN: 08954798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0895479801387073     Document Type: Article

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