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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2019

Publication Title

Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra

Keywords

Doubly substochastic matrices, Sub-defect, Maximum diagonal sum

ISSN

1081-3810

Volume

35

First Page

45

Last Page

52

Abstract

Let Ωn denote the convex polytope of all n x n doubly stochastic matrices, and ωn denote the convex polytope of all n x n doubly substochastic matrices. For a matrix A ϵ ωn, define the sub-defect of A to be the smallest integer k such that there exists an (n + k) x (n + k) doubly stochastic matrix containing A as a submatrix. Let ωn,k denote the subset of ωn which contains all doubly substochastic matrices with sub-defect k. For π a permutation of symmetric group of degree n, the sequence of elements a1π(1); a2π(2), ..., a(n) is called the diagonal of A corresponding to π. Let h(A) and l(A) denote the maximum and minimum diagonal sums of A ϵ ωn,k, respectively. In this paper, existing results of h and l functions are extended from Ωn to ωn,k. In addition, an analogue of Sylvesters law of the h function on ωn,k is proved.

Comments

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Wyoming Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra by an authorized editor of Wyoming Scholars Repository.

Additional Comments

National Natural Science Foundation of China grant #s: 11601233, 11561015; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities grant #: KJQN201718; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province grant #: BK20160708; Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province grant #: 2016GXNSFFA380009

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7613-7191

ResearcherID

G-7341-2019

DOI

10.13001/1081-3810.3760

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