totally nonnegative matrix;
ring with identity;
factorization;
bidiagonal matrix;
D O I:
10.1016/S0024-3795(01)00440-2
中图分类号:
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号:
070104 ;
摘要:
We define a new class of generalized totally nonnegative matrices, shortly GTN-matrices, over a noncommutative ring with identity and a positive part. The class of GTN-matrices is closed under multiplication, every submatrix of a GTN-matrix is a GTN-matrix as well. We also define a standard form of a GTN-matrix. We then study the invertible GTN-matrices of a fixed order and classify them; the classes form a partially ordered set, can be (noncommutatively) multiplied and multiplication preserves ordering. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.