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One more counterexample on sign patterns

Combinatorics 2019-02-05 v1

Abstract

The \textit{sepr-sequence} of an n×nn\times n real matrix AA is (s1,,sn)(s_1,\ldots,s_n), where sks_k is the subset of those signs of +,,0+,-,0 that appear in the values of the k×kk\times k principal minors of AA. The 12×1212\times 12 matrix (000000000a1000000000000a2000000000000a300000000000a400000000000a500000000000a6b1b20000000000b3b400b5b60000000b7b8b9b10b11000000000000c1000000000000c2000000000000c3000)\left(\begin{array}{cccccc|ccc|ccc} 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_1&0&0\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_2&0\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_3\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_4\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_5\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&a_6\\\hline b_1&b_2&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0\\ b_3&b_4&0&0&b_5&-b_6&0&0&0&0&0&0\\ 0&b_7&b_8&-b_9&b_{10}&b_{11}&0&0&0&0&0&0\\\hline 0&0&0&0&0&0&c_1&0&0&0&0&0\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&c_2&0&0&0&0\\ 0&0&0&0&0&0&0&0&c_3&0&0&0 \end{array}\right) does always have sk={0,+,}s_k=\{0,+,-\} if k=3,6,9k=3,6,9 and sk={0}s_k=\{0\} otherwise, provided that the variables are positive. However, every principal 9×99\times 9 minor that is not identically zero can take values of both signs.

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@article{arxiv.1902.00897,
  title  = {One more counterexample on sign patterns},
  author = {Yaroslav Shitov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.00897},
  year   = {2019}
}

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