Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4600497 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2012 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

Using the relationship between totally nonnegative matrices and directed acyclic weighted planar networks, we show that 2×2 minors of minor matrices of totally nonnegative matrices are also nonnegative. We give a combinatorial interpretation for the minors of minor matrices in terms of the weights of families of paths in a network.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory