CSUN Algebra, Number Theory, and Discrete Mathematics Seminar

Gershgorin’s disks

Imre Bárány
Rényi Mathematical Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and University College London

Tuesday    21 November 2017    11:00 am–12:00 pm
Santa Susana Hall 108

Gershgorin’s famous circle theorem states that all eigenvalues of a square matrix lie in certain disks (called Gershgorin disks) around the diagonal elements. Here we show that if the matrix entries are non-negative and an eigenvalue has geometric multiplicity at least two, then this eigenvalue lies in a smaller disk. The proof uses geometric rearrangement inequalities on sums of higher dimensional real vectors. Joint work with Jozsef Solymosi.