Much is known about the eigenvalues of some special types of matrices. For example, the eigenvalues of a hermitian or skew-hermitian matrix lie on a line while those of a unitary matrix lie on a circle; their spectra are "linear" or "circular". This suggests the question: What matrices have this property? Or, more generally, what matrices have their eigenvalues on plane curves of a simple kind? Is it possible to recognize such matrices by inspection?
In this thesis, we make a small start on these problems, exploring some matrices whose eigenvalues lie on one or more lines, or on one or more circles. / Science, Faculty of / Mathematics, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/35263 |
| Date | January 1969 |
| Creators | Chang, Luang-Hung |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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