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On theLU factorization ofM-matrices

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In this paper, we give in Theorem 1 a characterization, based on graph theory, of when anM-matrixA admits anLU factorization intoM-matrices, whereL is a nonsingular lower triangularM-matrix andU is an upper triangularM-matrix. This result generalizes earlier factorization results of Fiedler and Pták (1962) and Kuo (1977). As a consequence of Theorem 1, we show in Theorem 3 that the conditionx T A0 T for somex>0, for anM-matrixA, is both necessary and sufficient forPAP T to admit such anLU factorization for everyn×n permutation matrixP. This latter result extends recent work of Funderlic and Plemmons (1981). Finally, Theorem 1 is extended in Theorem 5 to give a characterization, similarly based on graph theory, of when anM-matrixA admits anLU factorization intoM-matrices.

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Dedicated to Professor Ky Fan on his sixty-seventh birthday, September 19, 1981.

Research supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and by the Department of Energy

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Varga, R.S., Cai, DY. On theLU factorization ofM-matrices. Numer. Math. 38, 179–192 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01397088

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