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On a class of non-Hermitian matrices with positive definite Schur complements

Functional Analysis 2018-10-04 v2

Abstract

Given a positive definite matrix ACn×nA\in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n} and a Hermitian matrix DCm×mD\in \mathbb{C}^{m\times m}, we characterize under which conditions there exists a strictly contractive matrix KCn×mK\in \mathbb{C}^{n\times m} such that the non-Hermitian block-matrix [AAKKAD] \left[ \begin{array}{cc} A & -AK \\ K^*A & D \end{array} \right] has a positive definite Schur complement with respect to its submatrix~AA. Additionally, we show that~KK can be chosen such that diagonalizability of the block-matrix is guaranteed and we compute its spectrum. Moreover, we show a connection to the recently developed frame theory for Krein spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1807.08591,
  title  = {On a class of non-Hermitian matrices with positive definite Schur complements},
  author = {Thomas Berger and Juan Ignacio Giribet and Francisco Martínez Pería and Carsten Trunk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.08591},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

15 pages, this is a corrected and enhanced version of the originally submitted manuscript