A Minimal Completion of Doubly Substochastic Matrix

  • Lei Cao
  • , Selcuk Koyuncu
  • , Timmothy Parmer

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Abstract

Let B be an n×n doubly substochastic matrix and let s be the sum of all entries of B. In this paper, we show that B has a sub-defect of k, which can be computed by taking the ceiling of n–s if and only if there exists an (n+k) ×(n+k) doubly stochastic extension containing B as a submatrix and k minimal. We also propose a procedure constructing a minimal completion of B, and then express it as a convex combination of partial permutation matrices.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)2313-2334
Number of pages22
JournalLinear and Multilinear Algebra
Volume64
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 7 2016
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Algebra and Number Theory

Keywords

  • Birkhoff's theorem
  • Doubly stochastic matrices
  • Doubly substochastic matrices
  • Permutation matrices
  • doubly substochastic matrices
  • Birkhoff’s theorem
  • doubly stochastic matrices
  • permutation matrices

Disciplines

  • Mathematics

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