The determinant of a class of skew-symmetric toeplitz matrices

The determinant of the n×n matrix associated with the finite-difference operator μδ^2r+1 is obtained explicitly for all n and all integral r?0. An interesting combinatorial identity results.     

On the determinant of certain strictly dissipative matrices

This paper studies bounds for the modulus and the argument of the determinant of certain strictly dissipative matrices.     

On a certain class of spectral characteristics of matrices

The research was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (Grant 93-011-1515).     

A characterization of the class of credibility matrices corresponding to a certain class of discrete distributions

Recently (see De Vylder & Goovaerts (1984), this issue) so called credibility matrices have been introduced and studied in the framework of general properties of matrices, such as non-negativity, total positivity etc. In the present note we characterize a class of credibility matrices generated by the normed sequence of functions (p_l, p_l,…, p_n) on K = [0, b] where $\text{p}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{(θ) =?(i)g(θ)h}{}^{\mathrm{i}}\text{(θ)}$, i=0, …, n, θ ? K, and where ?, g, h are nonnegative (eventually depending on n, n may be finite or infinite). For simplicity we suppose h to be monotonic and continuous.     

The asymptotic eigenvalue-distribution for a certain class of random matrices

For an n × n Hermitean matrix A with eigenvalues λ₁, …, λ_n the eigenvalue-distribution is defined by $\text{G(x, A) :=}\text{1}\text{n}$ · number {λ_i: λ_i ? x} for all real x. Let A_n for n = 1, 2, … be an n × n matrix, whose entries a_ik are for i, k = 1, …, n independent complex random variables on a probability space (Ω, $\text{R}$, p) with the same distribution F_a. Suppose that all moments $\text{E}$ | a | ^k, k = 1, 2, … are finite, $\text{E}$a=0 and $\text{E}$ | a | ². Let

$\text{M(A)=}\text{∑}\text{σ=1}\text{s}\text{θ}{}_{\mathrm{\sigma }}\text{P}{}_{\mathrm{\sigma }}\text{(A,A}{}^1\text{)}$

with complex numbers θ_σ and finite products P_σ of factors A and $\text{A}{}^1$ (= Hermitean conjugate) be a function which assigns to each matrix A an Hermitean matrix M(A). The following limit theorem is proved: There exists a distribution function G₀(x) = G₁x) + G₂(x), where G₁ is a step function and G₂ is absolutely continuous, such that with probability $\text{1 G(x, M(}\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{n}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{))}$ converges to G₀(x) as n → ∞ for all continuity points x of G₀. The density g of G₂ vanishes outside a finite interval. There are only finitely many jumps of G₁. Both, G₁ and G₂, can explicitly be expressed by means of a certain algebraic function f, which is determined by equations, which can easily be derived from the special form of M(A). This result is analogous to Wigner's semicircle theorem for symmetric random matrices (E. P. Wigner, Random matrices in physics, SIAM Review9 (1967), 1–23). The examples $\text{A}{}_{\mathrm{r}}\text{A}{}^{\mathrm{1r}}$, $\text{A}{}^{\mathrm{r}}\text{+ A}{}^{\mathrm{1r}}$, $\text{A}{}^{\mathrm{r}}\text{A}{}^{\mathrm{1r}}\text{± A}{}^{\mathrm{1r}}\text{A}{}^{\mathrm{r}}$, r = 1, 2, …, are discussed in more detail. Some inequalities for random matrices are derived. It turns out that with probability 1 the sharpened form

$\text{lim sup}\text{n→∞}\text{∑}\text{i=1}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{|γ}{}_{\mathrm{i}}{}^{\mathrm{(n)}}\text{|}{}^2\text{?6A}{}_{\mathrm{n}}\text{6}{}^2\text{? 0.8228…}$

of Schur's inequality for the eigenvalues λ_i⁽ⁿ⁾ of A_n holds. Consequently random matrices do not tend to be normal matrices for large n.     

Topological results on a certain class of functionals and application

We study in this paper problems of the type $\text{Δu + ¦u¦}{}^{\mathrm{p\; ?\; 1}}\text{u = ?(x)}$, Ω bounded ? $\text{R}$^N, $\text{u = 0¦}{}_{\mathrm{?\Omega }}$, (I) where $\text{?(x)}$ is given and where $\text{p ? (1, (}\text{N + 2}\text{N ? 2}\text{)) (p ? (1, + ∞)}\text{if}\text{N ? 2)}$. Our main result is that (I) has an infinite number of solutions for a residual set of ? in $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{(Ω)}$. In particular, for many n ∈ $\text{N}$ there exists an open and dense subset of ? in $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{?1}}\text{(Ω)}$ such that (I) has n distinct solutions for such an ? This result is to be related to the conjecture developed in [1] of the existence of an infinite number of solutions to (I). The proof relies on a general characterization of level sets for a certain class of functionals, when there are no critical value in a large enough interval. In addition to the study of problem (I), we apply this characterization to give another proof (using, e.g., Brouwer's fixed point theorem) for some classical results about even functionals and saddle points.     

A class of binary matrices preserving rank under matrix addition and its application

An open problem proposed by Safavi-Naini and Seberry in IEEE transactions on information theory (1991) can be reduced to a combinatorial problem on partitioning a subset of binary matrices. We solve the generalized Naini-Seberry's open problem by considering a certain class of binary matrices. Thus a subliminal channel ofr>1 bit capacity is systematically established for Naini-Seberry's authentication schemes. We also construct concrete examples.     

On a certain class of infinite products with an application to arithmetical semigroups

This work was done while the second author held a visiting professorship at the University of Paderborn. Financial support has been provided by DFG.     

Maximal inequalities and their applications to orthogonal and Hadamard matrices

Periodica Mathematica Hungarica - Maximal inequalities for the signed vector summands are established. Probabilistic estimations for the sets of appropriate signs are given. By use of the...     

A Blaschke-type condition and its application to complex Jacobi matrices

We obtain a Blaschke-type necessary condition on zeros of analyticfunctions on the unit disc with different types of exponentialgrowth at the boundary. These conditions are used to prove Lieb–Thirring-typeinequalities for the eigenvalues of complex Jacobi matrices.     

Self-dual codes from orbit matrices and quotient matrices of combinatorial designs

In this paper we give constructions of self-orthogonal and self-dual codes, with respect to certain scalar products, with the help of orbit matrices of block designs and quotient matrices of symmetric (group) divisible designs (SGDDs) with the dual property. First we describe constructions from block designs and their extended orbit matrices, where the orbit matrices are induced by the action of an automorphism group of the design. Further, we give some further constructions of self-dual codes from symmetric block designs and their orbit matrices. Moreover, in a similar way as for symmetric designs, we give constructions of self-dual codes from SGDDs with the dual property and their quotient matrices.     

Maximal spaces of skew-symmetric and symmetric anticommutative matrices

Dedicated to the memory of Anatolii Illarionovich Shirshov.     

一类图设计的构造

设Kv是一个v点完全图,G是一个有限简单图,Kv上的一个图设计G-GD(v)是一个对子(X,B),其中X是Kv的顶点集合,B是Kv的一些与G同构的子图(称为区组)的集合,使得Kv的任意一条边恰出现在B的一个区组中．文中讨论的简单图是C(r)10,即带有一条弦的10长圈(含有11条边),其中r表示弦的两个端点之间的顶点个数,1≤r≤4．给出了C^（r）10-GD(v)的存在谱：v=0,1(mod11)且v≥11．     

On a spectral property of doubly stochastic matrices and its application to their inverse eigenvalue problem

In this note, we present a useful theorem concerning the spectral properties of doubly stochastic matrices. As applications, we use this result together with some known results that we recall, as a tool for extracting new sufficient conditions for the inverse eigenvalue problem for doubly stochastic matrices.