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The converse of the Cowling--Obrechkoff--Thron theorem

Rings and Algebras 2025-04-30 v3 Spectral Theory

Abstract

In this work, the converse of the Cowling--Obrechkoff--Thron theorem is established. In addition to its theoretical interest, the result fills a gap in the proof of Kellogg's celebrated eigenvalue inequality for matrices whose principal minors are positive or nonnegative.

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@article{arxiv.2303.12852,
  title  = {The converse of the Cowling--Obrechkoff--Thron theorem},
  author = {Devon N. Munger and Pietro Paparella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.12852},
  year   = {2025}
}