The Chebyshev solution of the linear matrix equationAX+YB=C

Summary In this paper we investigate the properties of the Chebyshev solutions of the linear matrix equationAX+YB=C, whereA, B andC are given matrices of dimensionsm×r, s×n andm×n, respectively, wherer ands. We separately consider two particular cases. In the first case we assumem=r+1 andn=s+1, in the second caser=s=1 andm, n are arbitrary. For these two cases, under the assumption that the matricesA andB are full rank, we formulate necessary and sufficient conditions characterizing the Chebyshev solution ofAX+YB=C and we give the formulas for the Chebyshev error. Then, we propose an algorithm which may be applied to compute the Chebyshev solution ofAX+YB=C for some particular cases. Some numerical examples are also given.