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Linear Transformations on Matrices: the Invariance of the Third Elementary Symmetric Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Leroy B. Beasley
Leroy B. Beasley*
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Let T be a linear transformation on Mn the set of all n × n matrices over the field of complex numbers, . Let A ∈ Mn have eigenvalues λ1, …, λn and let Er(A) denote the rth elementary symmetric function of the eigenvalues of A :

Equivalently, Er(A) is the sum of all the principal r × r subdeterminants of A. T is said to preserve Er if Er[T(A)] = Er(A) for all A ∈ Mn. Marcus and Purves [3, Theorem 3.1] showed that for r ≧ 4, if T preserves Er then T is essentially a similarity transformation; that is, either T: A → UAV for all A ∈ Mn or T: A → UAtV for all A ∈ Mn, where UV = eiθIn, rθ ≡ 0 (mod 2π).

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1970 , pp. 746 - 752
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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