DocumentCode
831970
Title
Eigenvalues of symmetric matrices: System theory conditions for distinctness
Author
Dickinson, Bradley W. ; Steiglitz, Kenneth
Author_Institution
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Volume
25
Issue
2
fYear
1980
fDate
4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
284
Lastpage
285
Abstract
We derive the interlacing properties of the eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix with those of its largest principal submatrix using root-locus ideas. We then give a sufficient condition for distinctness of eigenvalues based on the minimality of an associated linear system.
Keywords
Controllability; Eigenvalues; Linear systems, time-invariant continuous-time; Matrices; Observability; Controllability; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Linear matrix inequalities; Linear systems; Observability; Polynomials; Sufficient conditions; Symmetric matrices;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.1980.1102293
Filename
1102293
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