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Somewhat stochastic matrices

Rings and Algebras 2007-09-05 v1

Abstract

The standard theorem for regular stochastic matrices is generalized to matrices with no sign restriction on the entries. The condition that column sums be equal to 1 is kept, but the regularity condition is replaced by a condition on the 1\ell_1-distances between columns.

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@article{arxiv.0709.0309,
  title  = {Somewhat stochastic matrices},
  author = {Branko Ćurgus and Robert I. Jewett},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.0309},
  year   = {2007}
}
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