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Auteurs principaux: Guillen-Garcia, Julio, Fernández, Manuel F., Gallardo-Cava, Roberto
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Publié: 2025
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author Guillen-Garcia, Julio
Fernández, Manuel F.
Gallardo-Cava, Roberto
author_facet Guillen-Garcia, Julio
Fernández, Manuel F.
Gallardo-Cava, Roberto
contents The current general form of the well-known Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem states that, given an $N \times N$ Hermitian matrix $P$, the eigenvalues of the matrix product $Q^{H} P Q$ will interlace those of $P$ if the columns of the $N \times L$ matrix $Q$ (with $L \le N$) are unitary. This note further generalizes this theorem to include pseudo-similarity transformations, namely products of the form $H^{\dagger} P H$, where $H$ is a general $N \times K$ matrix and "$\dagger$" denotes the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse. This implies that, while the product $Q^{H} P Q$ is Hermitian and is generally a deflated version of $P$ (both in dimensionality and in the number of non-zero eigenvalues), this is not the case for $H^{\dagger} P H$, which, although generally a deflated version of $P$ in terms of the number of non-zero eigenvalues, will not necessarily be so in dimensionality, nor will it in general be Hermitian. Thus, this note not only generalizes the Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem but also shows that eigenvalue interlacing may occur between Hermitian and non-Hermitian matrices and even in the presence of dimensionally inflated matrices.
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spellingShingle Generalizing the Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem to Pseudo-Similarity Transformations
Guillen-Garcia, Julio
Fernández, Manuel F.
Gallardo-Cava, Roberto
Spectral Theory
The current general form of the well-known Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem states that, given an $N \times N$ Hermitian matrix $P$, the eigenvalues of the matrix product $Q^{H} P Q$ will interlace those of $P$ if the columns of the $N \times L$ matrix $Q$ (with $L \le N$) are unitary. This note further generalizes this theorem to include pseudo-similarity transformations, namely products of the form $H^{\dagger} P H$, where $H$ is a general $N \times K$ matrix and "$\dagger$" denotes the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse. This implies that, while the product $Q^{H} P Q$ is Hermitian and is generally a deflated version of $P$ (both in dimensionality and in the number of non-zero eigenvalues), this is not the case for $H^{\dagger} P H$, which, although generally a deflated version of $P$ in terms of the number of non-zero eigenvalues, will not necessarily be so in dimensionality, nor will it in general be Hermitian. Thus, this note not only generalizes the Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem but also shows that eigenvalue interlacing may occur between Hermitian and non-Hermitian matrices and even in the presence of dimensionally inflated matrices.
title Generalizing the Eigenvalue Interlacing Theorem to Pseudo-Similarity Transformations
topic Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15868