Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5773342 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2017 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
It is known that every complex square matrix with nonnegative determinant is the product of positive semi-definite matrices. There are characterizations of matrices that require two or five positive semi-definite matrices in the product. However, the characterizations of matrices that require three or four positive semi-definite matrices in the product are lacking. In this paper, we give a complete characterization of these two types of matrices. With these results, we give an algorithm to determine whether a square matrix can be expressed as the product of k positive semi-definite matrices but not fewer, for k=1,2,3,4,5.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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