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The spectral map for weighted Cauchy matrices is an involution

Rings and Algebras 2025-06-09 v2 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis

Abstract

Let NN be a natural number. We consider weighted Cauchy matrices of the form Ca,A={AjAkak+aj}j,k=1N, \mathcal{C}_{a,A}=\left\{\frac{\sqrt{A_j A_k}}{a_k+a_j}\right\}_{j,k=1}^N, where A1,,ANA_1,\dots,A_N are positive real numbers and a1,,aNa_1,\dots,a_N are distinct positive real numbers, listed in increasing order. Let b1,,bNb_1,\dots,b_N be the eigenvalues of Ca,A\mathcal{C}_{a,A}, listed in increasing order. Let BkB_k be positive real numbers such that Bk\sqrt{B_k} is the Euclidean norm of the orthogonal projection of the vector vA=(A1,,AN) v_A=(\sqrt{A_1},\dots,\sqrt{A_N}) onto the kk'th eigenspace of Ca,A\mathcal{C}_{a,A}. We prove that the spectral map (a,A)(b,B)(a,A)\mapsto (b,B) is an involution and discuss simple properties of this map.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2504.18707,
  title  = {The spectral map for weighted Cauchy matrices is an involution},
  author = {Alexander Pushnitski and Sergei Treil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.18707},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

minor updates. To appear in Linear Algebra and its Applications

R2 v1 2026-06-28T23:11:59.719Z