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Note on the Fundamental Theorem on Irreducible Non-Negative Matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Hans Schneider
Hans Schneider
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The Queen's University, Belfast
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Let A = [aij] be an n-th order irreducible non-negative matrix. As is very well-known, the matrix A has a positive characteristic root ρ (provided that n>l), which is simple and maximal in the sense that every characteristic root λ satisfies |λ| ≤ρ, and the characteristic vector x belonging to ρ may be chosen positive. These results, originally due to Frobenius, have been proved by Wielandt (4) by means of a strikingly simple basic idea. Recently, a variant of Wielandt's proof has been given by Householder (2).

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , November 1958 , pp. 127 - 130
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1958

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