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GENERALIZED MATRIX FUNCTION INEQUALITIES ON M-MATRICES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1998

GORDON JAMES
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London
CHARLES JOHNSON
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
STEPHEN PIERCE
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Abstract

For normalised generalized matrix functions f and g, we say that f dominates g if f(A)[ges ]g(A) for every M-matrix A. We first demonstrate a finite set of test matrices for any such inequality. Then, using results from group representation theory, all comparisons among immanants in certain classes are determined. This work parallels ongoing research into gmf inequalities on positive semidefinite matrices, for which no finite set of test matrices is available. However, the inequalities for the two classes are quite different, and the test matrices permit more rapid progress in the M-matrix case. Just as in the positive semidefinite case, the gmf inequalities we prove may be used to verify previously unknown determinantal inequalities for M-matrices, such as the symmetrized Fischer inequalities recently proved in the positive semidefinite case.

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Notes and Papers
Copyright
The London Mathematical Society 1998

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