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We present a real symmetric tri-diagonal matrix of order $n$ whose eigenvalues are $\{2k \}_{k=0}^{n-1}$ which also satisfies the additional condition that its leading principle submatrix has a uniformly interlaced spectrum, $\{2l + 1…

We study decidability and complexity questions related to a continuous analogue of the Skolem-Pisot problem concerning the zeros and nonnegativity of a linear recurrent sequence. In particular, we show that the continuous version of the…

We investigate a technique to transform a linear two-parameter eigenvalue problem, into a nonlinear eigenvalue problem (NEP). The transformation stems from an elimination of one of the equations in the two-parameter eigenvalue problem, by…

In this paper we the formulation of inverse problems as constrained minimization problems and their iterative solution by gradient or Newton type. We carry out a convergence analysis in the sense of regularization methods and discuss…

We prove the sufficiency of the Linear Superposition Principle for linear trees, which characterizes the spectra achievable by a real symmetric matrix whose underlying graph is a linear tree. The necessity was previously proven in 2014.…

Given a non-hermitean matrix M, the structure of its minimal polynomial encodes whether M is diagonalizable or not. This note will explain how to determine the minimal polynomial of a matrix without going through its characteristic…

A list $\Lambda =\{\lambda _{1},\ldots ,\lambda _{n}\}$ of complex numbers (repeats allowed) is said to be \textit{realizable} if it is the spectrum of an entrywise nonnegative matrix $A$. $\Lambda $ is \textit{diagonalizably realizable} if…

Let $G$ be an undirected graph on $n$ vertices and let $S(G)$ be the set of all $n \times n$ real symmetric matrices whose nonzero off-diagonal entries occur in exactly the positions corresponding to the edges of $G$. The inverse eigenvalue…

The first step when solving an infinite-dimensional eigenvalue problem is often to discretize it. We show that one must be extremely careful when discretizing nonlinear eigenvalue problems. Using examples, we show that discretization can:…

The inverse eigenvalue problem for real symmetric matrices of the form 0 0 0 . 0 0 * 0 0 0 . 0 * * 0 0 0 . * * 0 . . . . . . . 0 0 * . 0 0 0 0 * * . 0 0 0 * * 0 . 0 0 0 is solved. The solution is shown to be unique. The problem is also…

We prove the existence of minimizers for functionals defined over the class of convex domains contained inside a bounded set D of R^N and with prescribed volume. Some applications are given, in particular we prove that the eigenvalues of…

Over the past decades, transformations between different classes of eigenvalue problems have played a central role in the development of numerical methods for eigenvalue computations. One of the most well-known and successful examples of…

In this work, the real nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem is solved for a particular class of permutative matrix. The necessary and sufficient condition there is also shown to be sufficient for the symmetric nonnegative inverse…

A class of two-dimensional systems of second-order ordinary differential equations is identified in which a system requires fewer Lie point symmetries than required to solve it. The procedure distinguishes among those which are…

The Deligne-Simpson problem in the multiplicative version is formulated like this: {\em give necessary and sufficient conditions for the choice of the conjugacy classes $C_j\in SL(n,{\bf C})$ so that there exist irreducible $(p+1)$-tuples…

The study of solving the inverse eigenvalue problem for nonnegative matrices has been around for decades. It is clear that an inverse eigenvalue problem is trivial if the desirable matrix is not restricted to a certain structure. Provided…

Nonlinear eigenvalue problems with eigenvector nonlinearities (NEPv) are algebraic eigenvalue problems whose matrix depends on the eigenvector. Applications range from computational quantum mechanics to machine learning. Due to its…

The class of differential-equation eigenvalue problems $-y''(x)+x^{2N+2}y(x)=x^N Ey(x)$ ($N=-1,0,1,2,3,...$) on the interval $-\infty<x<\infty$ can be solved in closed form for all the eigenvalues $E$ and the corresponding eigenfunctions…

Let $NPO(k)$ be the smallest number $n$ such that the adjacency matrix of any undirected graph with $n$ vertices or more has at least $k$ nonpositive eigenvalues. We show that $NPO(k)$ is well-defined and prove that the values of $NPO(k)$…

For an $n\times n$ diagonally dominant matrix $T=(t_{i,j})_{n\times n}$ with positive elements satisfying certain bounding conditions, we propose to use a diagonal matrix $S=(s_{i,j})_{n\times n}$ to approximate the inverse of $T$, where…