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An Explicit Criterion for the Convexity of Quaternionic Numerical Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Wasin So
Wasin So*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical and Information Sciences Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas 77341 U.S.A., e-mail: mth wso@shsu.edu
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Abstract

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Quaternionic numerical range is not always a convex set. In this note, an explicit criterion is given for the convexity of quaternionic numerical range.

Keywords

15A3315A60
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , 01 March 1998 , pp. 105 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1998

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