Eigenvalue stability of Hermitian and normal matrices

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Main Authors: Parusiński, Adam, Rainer, Armin
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Published: 2026
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author Parusiński, Adam
Rainer, Armin
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Rainer, Armin
contents The ordered eigenvalues define a Lipschitz map on the real vector space of Hermitian $d \times d$ matrices. We prove that this map acts continuously, but not uniformly continuously, by superposition on the Sobolev spaces $W^{1,q}$, for all $1 \le q < \infty$, on bounded open domains. For $q=\infty$, the action is still well-defined and bounded but not continuous. We show that this stability result extends to normal matrices, where the eigenvalues are naturally interpreted as multivalued Sobolev functions in the sense of Almgren. Several applications are given, including the stability of singular values, condition numbers of matrices, surface area of eigenvalue graphs, and compact self-adjoint operators in Hilbert space.
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spellingShingle Eigenvalue stability of Hermitian and normal matrices
Parusiński, Adam
Rainer, Armin
Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Metric Geometry
Spectral Theory
The ordered eigenvalues define a Lipschitz map on the real vector space of Hermitian $d \times d$ matrices. We prove that this map acts continuously, but not uniformly continuously, by superposition on the Sobolev spaces $W^{1,q}$, for all $1 \le q < \infty$, on bounded open domains. For $q=\infty$, the action is still well-defined and bounded but not continuous. We show that this stability result extends to normal matrices, where the eigenvalues are naturally interpreted as multivalued Sobolev functions in the sense of Almgren. Several applications are given, including the stability of singular values, condition numbers of matrices, surface area of eigenvalue graphs, and compact self-adjoint operators in Hilbert space.
title Eigenvalue stability of Hermitian and normal matrices
topic Functional Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Metric Geometry
Spectral Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.23056