{"title":"Quasi-orthogonal extension of symmetric matrices","authors":"Abderrahim Boussaïri , Brahim Chergui , Zaineb Sarir , Mohamed Zouagui","doi":"10.1016/j.disc.2025.114517","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>×</mo><mi>n</mi></math></span> real matrix <em>Q</em> is quasi-orthogonal if <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>Q</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>⊤</mo></mrow></msup><mi>Q</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>q</mi><msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> for some positive real number <em>q</em>. If <em>M</em> is a principal sub-matrix of a quasi-orthogonal matrix <em>Q</em>, we say that <em>Q</em> is a quasi-orthogonal extension of <em>M</em>. In a recent work, the authors have investigated this notion for the class of real skew-symmetric matrices. Using a different approach, this paper addresses the case of symmetric matrices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50572,"journal":{"name":"Discrete Mathematics","volume":"348 8","pages":"Article 114517"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Discrete Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012365X25001256","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An real matrix Q is quasi-orthogonal if for some positive real number q. If M is a principal sub-matrix of a quasi-orthogonal matrix Q, we say that Q is a quasi-orthogonal extension of M. In a recent work, the authors have investigated this notion for the class of real skew-symmetric matrices. Using a different approach, this paper addresses the case of symmetric matrices.
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