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Linear Algebra and its Applications

Volume 589, 15 March 2020, Pages 201-221
Linear Algebra and its Applications

Fixed rank perturbations of regular matrix pencils

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Abstract

A characterization of the structure of a regular matrix pencil obtained by a bounded rank perturbation of another regular matrix pencil has been recently obtained. The result generalizes the solution for the bounded rank perturbation problem of a square constant matrix. When comparing the fixed rank perturbation problem of a constant matrix with the bounded rank perturbation problem we realize that both problems are of different nature; the first one is more restrictive. In this paper we characterize the structure of a regular matrix pencil obtained by a fixed rank perturbation of another regular matrix pencil. We apply the result to find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a fixed rank perturbation such that the perturbed pencil has a prescribed determinant. The results hold over fields with sufficient number of elements.

MSC

15A22
47A55
15A18

Keywords

Regular matrix pencil
Weierstrass structure
Fixed rank perturbation
Matrix spectral perturbation theory

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Partially supported by “Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO)” of Spain and “Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)” of EU through grants MTM2017-83624-P and MTM2017-90682-REDT, and by UPV/EHU through grant GIU16/42.

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Partially supported by “Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO)” of Spain and “Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)” of EU through grants MTM2017-83624-P and MTM2017-90682-REDT.