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Solutions and improved perturbation analysis for the matrix equation X-A^{*}X^{-p}A=Q (p>0)

Numerical Analysis 2012-09-13 v1

Abstract

In this paper the nonlinear matrix equation X-A^{*}X^{-p}A=Q with p>0 is investigated. We consider two cases of this equation: the case p>1 and the case 0<p<1. In the case p>1, a new sufficient condition for the existence of a unique positive definite solution for the matrix equation is obtained. A perturbation estimate for the positive definite solution is derived. Explicit expressions of the condition number for the positive definite solution are given. In the case 0<p<1, a new sharper perturbation bound for the unique positive definite solution is evaluated. A new backward error of an approximate solution to the unique positive definite solution is obtained. The theoretical results are illustrated by numerical examples.

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@article{arxiv.1209.2480,
  title  = {Solutions and improved perturbation analysis for the matrix equation X-A^{*}X^{-p}A=Q (p>0)},
  author = {Jing Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.2480},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

17 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1208.3672, arXiv:1208.3518