A Note on Eigenvalues of Perturbed Hermitian Matrices

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Autores principales: Li, Chi-Kwong, Li, Ren-Cang
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Li, Ren-Cang
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Li, Ren-Cang
contents Let $$ A=\left(\begin{array}{cc} H_1 & E^*\\ E & H_2\end{array}\right) \quad \hbox{ and } \quad \wtd A=\left(\begin{array}{cc} H_1 & O\\ O & H_2\end{array}\right)$$ be two $N$-by-$N$ Hermitian matrices with eigenvalues $λ_1 \ge \cdots \ge λ_{N}$ and $\wtd λ_1 \ge \cdots \ge \wtd λ_N$, respectively. \iffalse There are two kinds of perturbation bounds on $|λ_i - \wtd λ_i|$: $|λ_i- \wtd λ_i| \le \|E\|$, where $\|E\|$ is the largest singular value of $\|E\|$, regardless of $H_i$'s spectral distributions, and $|λ_i - \wtd λ_i| \le \|E\|^2/η$, where $η$ is the minimum gap between $H_i$'s spectra. \end{enumerate} Bounds of the first kind overestimate the changes when $\|E\|\llη$ while those of the second kind may blow up when $η$ is too tiny. \fi Denote by $\|E\|$ the spectral norm of the matrix $E$, and $η$ the spectral gap between the spectra of $H_1$ and $H_2$. It is shown that $$ |λ_i - \wtd λ_i| \le {2\|E\|^2 \over η+\sqrt{η^2+4\|E\|^2}} \, , $$ which improves all the existing results. Similar bounds are obtained for singular values of matrices under block perturbations.
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spellingShingle A Note on Eigenvalues of Perturbed Hermitian Matrices
Li, Chi-Kwong
Li, Ren-Cang
Numerical Analysis
15A42, 15A18, 65F15
Let $$ A=\left(\begin{array}{cc} H_1 & E^*\\ E & H_2\end{array}\right) \quad \hbox{ and } \quad \wtd A=\left(\begin{array}{cc} H_1 & O\\ O & H_2\end{array}\right)$$ be two $N$-by-$N$ Hermitian matrices with eigenvalues $λ_1 \ge \cdots \ge λ_{N}$ and $\wtd λ_1 \ge \cdots \ge \wtd λ_N$, respectively. \iffalse There are two kinds of perturbation bounds on $|λ_i - \wtd λ_i|$: $|λ_i- \wtd λ_i| \le \|E\|$, where $\|E\|$ is the largest singular value of $\|E\|$, regardless of $H_i$'s spectral distributions, and $|λ_i - \wtd λ_i| \le \|E\|^2/η$, where $η$ is the minimum gap between $H_i$'s spectra. \end{enumerate} Bounds of the first kind overestimate the changes when $\|E\|\llη$ while those of the second kind may blow up when $η$ is too tiny. \fi Denote by $\|E\|$ the spectral norm of the matrix $E$, and $η$ the spectral gap between the spectra of $H_1$ and $H_2$. It is shown that $$ |λ_i - \wtd λ_i| \le {2\|E\|^2 \over η+\sqrt{η^2+4\|E\|^2}} \, , $$ which improves all the existing results. Similar bounds are obtained for singular values of matrices under block perturbations.
title A Note on Eigenvalues of Perturbed Hermitian Matrices
topic Numerical Analysis
15A42, 15A18, 65F15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08203