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Positive matrices and eigenvectors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

C. R. Putnam
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Purdue University
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For i, j = 1, 2, …, let aij be real. A matrix A = (aij) will be called positive (A>0) or non-negative (A≧0) according as, for all i and j, aij>0 or aij≧0 respectively. Correspondingly, a real vector x = (x1, x2, …) will be called positive (x>0) or non-negative (x≧0) according as, for all i, xi>0 or x≧0. A matrix A is said to be bounded if ∥ Ax ∥ ≦Mx ∥ holds for some constant M, 0 ≦ M < ∞, and all x in the Hilbert space H of real vectors x = (x1, x2, …) satisfying . The least such constant M is denoted by ∥ A ∥. If x and y belong to H, then (x, y) will denote as usual the scalar product Σxiyi. Whether or not x is in H, or A is bounded, y = Ax will be considered as defined by

whenever each of the series of (1) is convergent.

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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1963

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