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On the minimal eigenvalue of a positive definite operator determinant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

H. Volkmer
Affiliation:
FB6-Mathematik, Universität Essen GHS, Universitätsstr. 3, D-4300 Essen 1, West Germany

Synopsis

In this paper we study a problem in multilinear algebra which consists of finding small values of a certain quotientμ/α. Here μ is the minimal eigenvalue of a positive definite operator determinant Δ of the type introduced by F. V. Atkinson, and α is the minimum of the quadratic form corresponding to Δ with respect to all decomposable tensors of unit norm. Our results are connected with earlier results of P. Binding.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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