Equality of higher numerical ranges of matrices and a conjecture of Kippenhahn on Hermitian pencils

Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Volumn 270, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 323-349

  Li, Chi Kwong ^a   Spitkovsky, Ilya ^a   Shukla, Sudheer ^b  

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

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 0042027212     PISSN: 00243795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3795(97)00251-6     Document Type: Article

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