Sums of nilpotent matrices

We study matrices over general rings which are sums of nilpotent matrices. We show that over commutative rings all matrices with nilpotent trace are sums of three nilpotent matrices. We characterize 2-by-2 matrices with integer entries which are sums of two nilpotents via the solvability of a quadratic Diophantine equation. Some exemples in the case of matrices over noncommutative rings are given.     

Constructing self-orthogonal and Hermitian self-orthogonal codes via weighing matrices and orbit matrices

We define the notion of an orbit matrix with respect to standard weighing matrices, and with respect to types of weighing matrices with entries in a finite field. In the latter case we primarily restrict our attention the fields of order 2, 3 and 4. We construct self-orthogonal and Hermitian self-orthogonal linear codes over finite fields from these types of weighing matrices and their orbit matrices respectively. We demonstrate that this approach applies to several combinatorial structures such as Hadamard matrices and balanced generalized weighing matrices. As a case study we construct self-orthogonal codes from some weighing matrices belonging to some well known infinite families, such as the Paley conference matrices, and weighing matrices constructed from ternary periodic Golay pairs.     

On the generalized indices of boolean matrices

We characterize completely those Boolean matrices with the largest generalized indices in the class of Boolean matrices and in the class of reducible Boolean matrices and derive a new upper bound for the generalized index in terms of period. We also generalize the upper and lower multiexponents of primitive Boolean matrices to general Boolean matrices.     

On the generalized indices of boolean matrices

We characterize completely those Boolean matrices with the largest generalized indices in the class of Boolean matrices and in the class of reducible Boolean matrices and derive a new upper bound for the generalized index in terms of period. We also generalize the upper and lower multiexponents of primitive Boolean matrices to general Boolean matrices.     

Canonical forms for normal matrices that commute with their complex conjugate

We consider the class of normal complex matrices that commute with their complex conjugate. We show that such matrices are real orthogonally similar to a canonical direct sum of 1-by-1 and certain 2-by-2 matrices. A canonical form for quasi-real normal matrices is obtained as a special case. We also exhibit a special form of the spectral theorem for normal matrices that commute with their conjugate.     

On orthostochastic, unistochastic and qustochastic matrices

We introduce qustochastic matrices as the bistochastic matrices arising from quaternionic unitary matrices by replacing each entry with the square of its norm. This is the quaternionic analogue of the unistochastic matrices studied by physicists. We also introduce quaternionic Hadamard matrices and quaternionic mutually unbiased bases (MUB). In particular we show that the number of MUB in an n-dimensional quaternionic Hilbert space is at most 2n+1. The bound is attained for n=2. We also determine all quaternionic Hadamard matrices of size n?4.     

Expansion of Weighted Pseudoinverse Matrices in Matrix Power Products

On the basis of the Euler identity, we obtain expansions for weighted pseudoinverse matrices with positive-definite weights in infinite matrix power products of two types: with positive and negative exponents. We obtain estimates for the closeness of weighted pseudoinverse matrices and matrices obtained on the basis of a fixed number of factors of matrix power products and terms of matrix power series. We compare the rates of convergence of expansions of weighted pseudoinverse matrices in matrix power series and matrix power products to weighted pseudoinverse matrices. We consider problems of construction and comparison of iterative processes of computation of weighted pseudoinverse matrices on the basis of the obtained expansions of these matrices.__________Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 56, No. 11, pp. 1539–1556, November, 2004.     

Rings and groups of matrices with a nonstandard product

We define a new operation of multiplication on the set of square matrices. We determine when this multiplication is associative and when the set of matrices with this multiplication and the ordinary addition of matrices constitutes a ring. Furthermore, we determine when the nonstandard product admits the identity element and which elements are invertible. We study the relation between the nonstandard product and the affine transformations of a vector space. Using these results, we prove that the Mikha?lichenko group, which is a group of matrices with the nonstandard product, is isomorphic to a subgroup of matrices of a greater size with the ordinary product.     

Limit distributions of random matrices

We study limit distributions of independent random matrices as well as limit joint distributions of their blocks under normalized partial traces composed with classical expectation. In particular, we are concerned with the ensemble of symmetric blocks of independent Hermitian random matrices which are asymptotically free, asymptotically free from diagonal deterministic matrices, and whose norms are uniformly bounded almost surely. This class contains symmetric blocks of unitarily invariant Hermitian random matrices whose asymptotic distributions are compactly supported probability measures on the real line. Our approach is based on the concept of matricial freeness which is a generalization of freeness in free probability. We show that the associated matricially free Gaussian operators provide a unified framework for studying the limit distributions of sums and products of independent rectangular random matrices, including non-Hermitian Gaussian matrices and matrices of Wishart type.     

Numerical radius of positive matrices

We study some properties of the numerical radius of matrices with non-negative entries, and explicit ways to compute it. We also characterize positive matrices with equal spectral and numerical radii, i.e., positive spectral matrices.     

Minimum Permanents of Tridiagonal Doubly Stochastic Matrices

We determine the minimum permanents and minimizing matrices of the tridiagonal doubly stochastic matrices and of certain doubly stochastic matrices with prescribed zero entries.     

Weaving hadamard matrices with maximum excess and classes with small excess

Weaving is a matrix construction developed in 1990 for the purpose of obtaining new weighing matrices. Hadamard matrices obtained by weaving have the same orders as those obtained using the Kronecker product, but weaving affords greater control over the internal structure of matrices constructed, leading to many new Hadamard equivalence classes among these known orders. It is known that different classes of Hadamard matrices may have different maximum excess. We explain why those classes with smaller excess may be of interest, apply the method of weaving to explore this question, and obtain constructions for new Hadamard matrices with maximum excess in their respective classes. With this method, we are also able to construct Hadamard matrices of near‐maximal excess with ease, in orders too large for other by‐hand constructions to be of much value. We obtain new lower bounds for the maximum excess among Hadamard matrices in some orders by constructing candidates for the largest excess. For example, we construct a Hadamard matrix with excess 1408 in order 128, larger than all previously known values. We obtain classes of Hadamard matrices of order 96 with maximum excess 912 and 920, which demonstrates that the maximum excess for classes of that order may assume at least three different values. Since the excess of a woven Hadamard matrix is determined by the row sums of the matrices used to weave it, we also investigate the properties of row sums of Hadamard matrices and give lists of them in small orders. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 12: 233–255, 2004.     

Temperley-Lieb R-matrices from generalized Hadamard matrices

We construct new sets of rank n-representations of the Temperley-Lieb algebra TL_N(q) that are characterized by two matrices with a generalized complex Hadamard property. We give partial classifications for the two matrices, in particular, in the case where they reduce to Fourier or Butson matrices.     

Infinite triangular matrices, q-Pascal matrices, and determinantal representations

We use basic properties of infinite lower triangular matrices and the connections of Toeplitz matrices with generating-functions to obtain inversion formulas for several types of q-Pascal matrices, determinantal representations for polynomial sequences, and identities involving the q-Gaussian coefficients. We also obtain a fast inversion algorithm for general infinite lower triangular matrices.     

On some properties of circulant matrices

A class Σ of matrices is studied which contains, as special subclasses, p-circulant matrices (p ? 1), Toeplitz symmetric matrices and the inverses of some special tridiagonal matrices. We give a necessary and sufficient condition in order that matrices of Σ commute with each other and are closed with respect to matrix product.     

Minimum Permanents of Tridiagonal Doubly Stochastic Matrices

We determine the minimum permanents and minimizing matrices of the tridiagonal doubly stochastic matrices and of certain doubly stochastic matrices with prescribed zero entries.     

Intervals of Totally Nonnegative and Related Matrices

We consider the class of the totally nonnegative matrices, i.e., the matrices having all their minors nonnegative, and intervals of matrices with respect to the chequerboard partial ordering, which results from the usual entrywise partial ordering if we reverse the inequality sign in all components having odd index sum. For these intervals we study the following conjecture: If the left and right endpoints of an interval are nonsingular and totally nonnegative then all matrices taken from the interval are nonsingular and totally nonnegative. We present a new class of the totally nonnegative matrices for which this conjecture holds true. Similar results for classes of related matrices are also given.     

Rings with Elementary Reduction of Matrices

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions under which a quasi-Euclidean ring coincides with a ring with elementary reduction of matrices. We prove that a semilocal Bézout ring is a ring with elementary reduction of matrices and show that a 2-stage Euclidean domain is also a ring with elementary reduction of matrices. We formulate and prove a criterion for the existence of solutions of a matrix equation of a special type and write these solutions in an explicit form.     

Singular, nonsingular, and bounded rank completions of ACI-matrices

An affine column independent matrix is a matrix whose entries are polynomials of degree at most 1 in a number of indeterminates where no indeterminate appears with a nonzero coefficient in two different columns. A completion is a matrix obtained by giving values to each of the indeterminates. Affine column independent matrices are more general than partial matrices where each entry is either a constant or a distinct indeterminate. We determine when the rank of all completions of an affine column independent matrix is bounded by a given number, generalizing known results for partial matrices. We also characterize the square partial matrices over a field all of whose completions are nonsingular. The maximum number of free entries in such matrices of a given order is determined as well as the partial matrices with this maximum number of free entries.     

Location for the right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices

This paper aims to discuss the location for right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices. We will present some different Gerschgorin type theorems for right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices, based on the Gerschgorin type theorem for right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices (Zhang in Linear Algebra Appl. 424:139?C153, 2007), which are used to locate the right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices. We shall conclude this paper with some easily computed regions which are guaranteed to include the right eigenvalues of quaternion matrices in 4D spaces.