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Eigenvalues of Composite Matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Bernard Friedman
Bernard Friedman
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University of CaliforniaBerkeley
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Because of the symmetry of the problems encountered in the applications of matrices to physics, electrical engineering and numerical analysis, it frequently turns out that the matrix to be considered is a composite matrix, that is, a matrix whose elements are matrices. For example, the matrix may be where A1 and A2 are square matrices of order n which need not commute. It is easy to prove that the eigenvalues of this matrix of order 2n are the eigenvalues of the two matrices, A1+A2 and A1−A2 of order n.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , January 1961 , pp. 37 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1961

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