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On the Second-Greatest and Second-Least Characteristic Roots of a Positive Definite Matrix

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General Inequalities 3

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Methods used earlier ([1], [2]) to obtain bounds for the greatest and least characteristic roots of a positive definite matrix are here applied to obtain approximations to the second-greatest and second-least characteristic roots.

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  1. R. Bellman, The largest and the smallest characteristic roots of a positive definite matrix, J. Math. Anal. Appl. (to appear).

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  2. R. Bellman, Bounds for the greatest and the least characteristic roots of a positive definite matrix using powers of 2, pp. — in E. F. Beckenbach (ed.), General Inequalities 3. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on General Inequalities, Oberwolfach, 1981. Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Stuttgart, 1982.

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Bellman, R. (1983). On the Second-Greatest and Second-Least Characteristic Roots of a Positive Definite Matrix. In: Beckenbach, E.F., Walter, W. (eds) General Inequalities 3. International Series of Numerical Mathematics / Internationale Schriftenreihe zur Numerischen Mathematik / Série internationale d’Analyse numérique, vol 64. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6290-5_13

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