On a conjecture of Ilmonen, Haukkanen and Merikoski concerning the smallest eigenvalues of certain GCD related matrices
Date
2016
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Altinişik, E.
Keskin, A.
Yildiz, M.
Demirbüken, M.
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Linear Algebra and Its Applications
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243795
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Elsevier Inc.
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493
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1 - 13
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English
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Abstract
Let Kn be the set of all n×n lower triangular (0,1)-matrices with each diagonal element equal to 1, Ln={YYT:Y ∈ Kn} and let cn be the minimum of the smallest eigenvalue of YYT as Y goes through Kn. The Ilmonen-Haukkanen-Merikoski conjecture (the IHM conjecture) states that cn is equal to the smallest eigenvalue of Y0Y0 T, where Y0 ∈ Kn with (Y0)ij = (Formula presented.) for i > j. In this paper, we present a proof of this conjecture. In our proof we use an inequality for spectral radii of nonnegative matrices. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.