a matrix stability problem
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SIAM REVIEWVol. 22, No. 1, January 1980
1980 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
0036-1445/80/2201-0006501.00/0
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
EDITED BY MURRAY S. KLAMKIN
COLLABORATING EDITORS: HENRY E. FETTIS (1885 California, Mountain View, CA 94041),YUDELL L. LUKE (University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO),CECIL C. ROUSSEAU (Memphis State University, TN),OTTO G. RUEHR (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI).
All problems and solutions should be sent, typewritten in duplicate, to Murray S. Klamkin, Department ofMathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2GI. An asterisk placed beside aproblem number indicates that the problem was submitted without solution. Proposers and solvers whose solutionsare published will receive 10 reprints of the corresponding problem section. Other solvers will receive just onereprint provided a self-addressed stamped envelope is enclosed. Proposers and solvers desiring acknowledgmentof their contributions should include a self-addressed stamped postcard (no stamp necessary outside Canada).Solutions should be received by April 15, I980.
PROBLEMS
A Determinant and an Identity
Problem 80-1 by A. V. BOYD (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SouthAfrica).(a) Prove that
where r, s 1, 2,. , n,
det IAI (-1)"+’(22" -2)Bz./(2n)!
{ lf(2r-2s +3)!,A 0
and Bn is the Bernoulli number defined by
e -1 ,,=o n!
s-<r+l,s>r+l,
(b) Prove that if n is odd,,,-)/2 1_22’n-1 ( )t"= Z
n hZm_lBzm{(t+h)n+_zm__(t__h)n+l_Zm}..,=o n-2m+l 2m
A Closed Form Integration
Problem 80-2" by A. VARMA (University of Notre Dame).The separable differential equation
du { k + uol /2U uo + k log k+"uJ u(0)=u0>0dx
arises in the solution of a diffusion-reaction problem. Can one obtain a closed formsolution?
A Matrix Stability Problem
Problem 80-3* by K. SOURISSEAU (University of Minnesota)and M. F. DOHERTY(University of Massachusetts).
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98 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Let"A1C2
B1B2
be a real square matrix of order 2N partitioned into N2 2 2 blocks. The 2 2 blockshave the following structure"
,-(Pll + L,,) (R, + Vii)all
( -,,:/ -(R. + Vll
-(Rll + V,, )llH.
-(Pll + L,, (Rll + Vll)5.H. H
Lll+l Lll+"1..I Wn-lOln-1 Wn-lfn-o -h--i--
0Cn-"
Vn_l,]/n_l Wn_atn_H.A, H H.
with a,Sll yn/3,. All the entries are nonzero.positive constants with the exception of Plland Rll, n 1, 2,..-, N which are nonnegative. The 2 2 blocks not shown containonly zeros and the eigenvalues of the nonzero blocks are"
(Pll +L,)All:
H.(P,,+Lll)
A2 (1 +all +Sll) <0;HLn+lBll" A1 A2 >0;H.
C,,’ Ai
Wn-l (oln_l .+. ,_l) > O=HWhat additional conditions must the elements of the matrix J satisfy in order that
the eigenvalues of J have negative real parts?The problem arose in considering the stability of a system of first order nonlinear
ordinary differential equations describing the dynamics of a fractionation process.
Eigenvalues o| a Tri-diagonal Matrix
Problem 80-4 by D. K. Ross (La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia).Prove that the real tri-diagonal matrix A JlAiill of order n has only real simple
eigenvalues if aiiaji > 0 for j + 1.
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