Short proofs of theorems of mirsky and horn on diagonals and eigenvalues of matrices

Eric A. Carlen, Elliott H. Lieb

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Abstract

A theorem of Mirsky provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an N-square complex matrix with prescribed diagonal entries and prescribed eigenvalues. A simple inductive proof of this theorem is given.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)438-441
Number of pages4
JournalElectronic Journal of Linear Algebra
Volume18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Algebra and Number Theory

Keywords

  • Eigenvalues
  • Majorization
  • Prescribed diagonals

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