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Generalization of Mirsky's theorem on diagonals and eigenvalues of matrices

Rings and Algebras 2013-01-22 v1

Abstract

Mirsky proved that, for the existence of a complex matrix with given eigenvalues and diagonal entries, the obvious necessary condition is also sufficient. We generalize this theorem to matrices over any field and provide a short proof. Moreover, we show that there is a unique companion-matrix-type solution for this problem.

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@article{arxiv.1206.3744,
  title  = {Generalization of Mirsky's theorem on diagonals and eigenvalues of matrices},
  author = {Dragomir Z. Djokovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.3744},
  year   = {2013}
}

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3 pages