The base sets of quasi-primitive zero-symmetric sign pattern matrices with zero trace

Cheng and Liu [Bo Cheng, Bolian Liu, The base sets of primitive zero-symmetric sign pattern matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 428 (2008) 715–731] showed that the base set of quasi-primitive zero-symmetric (generalized) sign pattern matrices is {1,2,…,2n}. The matrices with zero trace play a prominent role in matrix theory. In this paper, we investigate the bases of quasi-primitive zero-symmetric (generalized) sign pattern matrices with zero trace and prove that the base set of such matrices is {2,3,…,2n-1}.