Matrix Partial Orders, Shorted Operators and Applications
Sujit Kumar Mitra, P. Bhimasankaram, Saroj B. Malik - Matrix Partial Orders, Shorted Operators and Applications
Published: 2010-03-31 | ISBN: 9812838449 | PDF | 464 pages | 3 MB
The present monograph on matrix partial orders, the first on this topic, makes a unique presentation of many partial orders on matrices that have fascinated mathematicians for their beauty and applied scientists for their wide-ranging application potential. Except for the Löwner order, the partial orders considered are relatively new and came into being in the late 1970s. After a detailed introduction to generalized inverses and decompositions, the three basic partial orders namely, the minus, the sharp and the star and the corresponding one-sided orders are presented using various generalized inverses. The authors then give a unified theory of all these partial orders as well as study the parallel sums and shorted matrices, the latter being studied at great length. Partial orders of modified matrices are a new addition. Finally, applications are given in statistics and electrical network theory.