{"title":"Spectral radius, the matching number and fractional criticality of graphs","authors":"Huicai Jia , Ao Fan , Ruifang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The <em>binding number</em> <span><math><mi>b</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> of a graph <em>G</em> is the minimum value of <span><math><mo>|</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>|</mo><mo>/</mo><mo>|</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>|</mo></math></span> taken over all non-empty subsets <em>X</em> of <span><math><mi>V</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> such that <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>≠</mo><mi>V</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. A graph <em>G</em> is called 1<em>-binding</em> if <span><math><mi>b</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>≥</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>. The <em>matching number</em> of <em>G</em>, denoted by <span><math><mi>ν</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>, is the size of a maximum matching in <em>G</em>. In this paper, we focus on characterizing structural properties from the spectral perspective. Inspired by the elegant result of Fan and Lin (2024) <span><span>[16]</span></span> on the existence of a perfect matching in 1-binding graphs, we adopt the double eigenvector technique due to Rowlinson and present a tight sufficient condition in terms of the spectral radius for a connected 1-binding graph to guarantee <span><math><mi>ν</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>G</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>></mo><mfrac><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac></math></span>.</div><div>Let <span><math><mi>r</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span> be a given integer. A graph <em>G</em> is <em>fractional ID-</em><span><math><mo>[</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>]</mo></math></span><em>-factor-critical</em> if for every independent set <em>I</em> of <em>G</em> with <span><math><mo>|</mo><mi>I</mi><mo>|</mo><mo>=</mo><mi>r</mi></math></span>, <span><math><mi>G</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>I</mi></math></span> has a fractional <span><math><mo>[</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>]</mo></math></span>-factor. We first propose a sufficient condition based on the number of edges for a graph to be fractional ID-<span><math><mo>[</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>]</mo></math></span>-factor-critical. As an application, we take full advantage of the spectral bound and obtain a sufficient condition in terms of the spectral radius for a graph to be fractional ID-<span><math><mo>[</mo><mi>a</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>]</mo></math></span>-factor-critical, which extends nicely the result of Fan et al. (2024) <span><span>[12]</span></span> from <span><math><mi>a</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>b</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span> to general <em>a</em> and <em>b</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145617422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Covariant decomposable maps on C*-algebras and quantum dynamics","authors":"Krzysztof Szczygielski","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We characterize covariant positive decomposable maps between unital C*-algebras in terms of a dilation theorem, which generalizes a seminal result by H. Scutaru from (1979) <span><span>[7]</span></span>. As a case study, we provide a certain characterization of the operator sum representation of maps on <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>C</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>, covariant with respect to the maximal commutative subgroup of <span><math><mi>U</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. A connection to quantum dynamics is established by specifying sufficient and necessary conditions for covariance of D-divisible (decomposably divisible) quantum evolution families, recently introduced in Szczygielski (2023) <span><span>[11]</span></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 126-161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145682616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the loss of orthogonality in low-synchronization variants of reorthogonalized block classical Gram-Schmidt","authors":"Erin Carson , Kathryn Lund , Yuxin Ma , Eda Oktay","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interest in communication-avoiding orthogonalization schemes for high-performance computing has been growing recently. This manuscript addresses open questions about the numerical stability of various block classical Gram-Schmidt variants that have been proposed in the past few years. An abstract framework is employed, the flexibility of which allows for new rigorous bounds on the loss of orthogonality in these variants. We first analyze a generalization of (reorthogonalized) block classical Gram-Schmidt and show that a “strong” intrablock orthogonalization routine is only needed for the very first block in order to maintain orthogonality on the level of the unit roundoff. In particular, this “strong” first step does not have to be a reorthogonalized QR itself and subsequent steps can use less stable QR variants, thus keeping the overall communication costs low.</div><div>Then, using this variant, which has four synchronization points per block column, we remove the synchronization points one at a time and analyze how each alteration affects the stability of the resulting method. Our analysis shows that the variant requiring only one synchronization per block column, equivalent to a variant previously proposed in the literature, cannot be guaranteed to be stable in practice, as stability begins to degrade with the first reduction of synchronization points. As a negative result, we conclude that this particular block algorithm should be avoided in practice.</div><div>Our analysis of block methods also provides new, more positive theoretical results for the single-column case. In particular, it is proven that DCGS2 from (Bielich et al., 2022 <span><span>[5]</span></span>) and CGS-2 from (Świrydowicz et al., 2021 <span><span>[10]</span></span>) are as stable as Householder QR. Numerical examples from the <span>BlockStab</span> toolbox are included throughout, to help compare variants and illustrate the effects of different choices of intraorthogonalization subroutines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 162-206"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145733920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dilating contractions into involutions and projections","authors":"Jean-Christophe Bourin , Eun-Young Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Any contraction <span><math><mi>A</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> can be dilated (1) into an involution <span><math><mi>S</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> with operator norm <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mi>S</mi><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>∞</mo></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><msqrt><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msqrt></math></span> and (2) into a projection <span><math><mi>E</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> with <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mi>E</mi><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>∞</mo></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><mn>3</mn></math></span>. The bounds <span><math><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><msqrt><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msqrt></math></span> and 3 are the smallest possible ones.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 26-32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145682611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparing the operator norms of symmetric matrices sharing the same numerical range","authors":"Mao-Ting Chien , Hiroshi Nakazato","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ternary form of an <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>×</mo><mi>n</mi></math></span> matrix <em>A</em> is defined by <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mrow><mi>det</mi></mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>+</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>ℜ</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>+</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>ℑ</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>)</mo></math></span>, where <span><math><mo>ℜ</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>+</mo><msup><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>⁎</mo></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span> and <span><math><mo>ℑ</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>−</mo><msup><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>⁎</mo></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo><mo>/</mo><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>i</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. If the algebraic curve <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></math></span> has no singular points, the Helton-Vinnikov theorem asserts that there are <span><math><msup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msup></math></span> non-unitarily similar symmetric matrices <em>S</em> satisfying <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>, where <span><math><mi>g</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span>. We compare the operator norms of the <span><math><msup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msup></math></span> symmetric matrices that share the same numerical range of <em>A</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 207-228"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145733919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Every expansive m-concave operator has m-isometric dilation","authors":"Michał Buchała","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this paper is to obtain <em>m</em>-isometric dilation of expansive <em>m</em>-concave operator on Hilbert space. The obtained dilation is shown to be minimal. The matrix representation of this dilation is given. It is also proved that in case of 3-concave operators the assumption on expansivity is not necessary. The paper contains an example showing that minimal <em>m</em>-isometric dilations may not be isomorphic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"732 ","pages":"Pages 93-107"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145682612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucio Centrone , Luís Fertunani , Claudemir Fideles
{"title":"Gradings and graded identities of null-filiform Leibniz algebras","authors":"Lucio Centrone , Luís Fertunani , Claudemir Fideles","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We classify gradings on null-filiform Leibniz algebras up to equivalence over arbitrary fields. Furthermore, we provide a basis for the graded identities and determine a basis of the relatively free algebra. As a consequence, we establish that the ideal of all graded identities of null-filiform Leibniz algebras satisfy the Specht property. Finally, we extend these results to infinite-dimensional analogs of null-filiform Leibniz algebras.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"731 ","pages":"Pages 59-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145525694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generalizing Lee's conjecture on the sum of absolute values of matrices","authors":"Quanyu Tang, Shu Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Let <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mo>⋅</mo><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> denote the Schatten <em>p</em>-norm of matrices and <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mo>⋅</mo><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> the Frobenius norm. For a square matrix <em>X</em>, let <span><math><mo>|</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>|</mo></math></span> denote its absolute value. In 2010, Eun-Young Lee posed the problem of determining the smallest constant <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> such that <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>B</mi><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><msub><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><mspace></mspace><mo>|</mo><mi>A</mi><mo>|</mo><mo>+</mo><mo>|</mo><mi>B</mi><mo>|</mo><mspace></mspace><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> for all complex matrices <span><math><mi>A</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>B</mi></math></span>. The Frobenius case <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo></math></span> conjectured by Lee was proved by Lin and Zhang (2022) <span><span>[6]</span></span> and re-proved by Zhang (2025) <span><span>[7]</span></span>. In this paper, we extend Lee's conjecture from two matrices to an arbitrary number <span><math><mi>m</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>2</mn></math></span> of complex matrices <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, and determine the sharp inequality<span><span><span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></munderover><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><msqrt><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><msqrt><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msqrt></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></msqrt><mspace></mspace><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></munderover><mo>|</mo><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>|</mo><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo></math></span></span></span> with equality attained by an equiangular rank-one family. We further generalize Lee's problem by seeking the smallest constant <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> such that <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><msubsup><mrow><mo>∑</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msubsup><msub><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>‖</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><msub><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo><mspace></mspace><msub><mrow><mo>‖</mo><m","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"731 ","pages":"Pages 196-204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145577831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some applications of the (p,r,s) halves of the Riordan arrays","authors":"Yasemin Alp","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A Riordan array is provided with <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>. Its horizontal half <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, vertical half <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> horizontal half <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> vertical half <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, skew <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> half <span><math><msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>, and <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> half <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>p</mi><mi>n</mi><mo>+</mo><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mi>s</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> have previously been considered. In this paper, we take into consideration the <span><math><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>s</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> halves of the Riordan arrays by replacing <em>p</em> with <span><math><mi>p</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span> and <em>s</em> with <span><math><mfrac><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>−</m","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"731 ","pages":"Pages 41-58"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145527587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The P-vertex problem for symmetric matrices whose associated graphs admit perfect matchings","authors":"K. Sharma, S.K. Panda","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.laa.2025.11.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Let <em>G</em> be the underlying graph of a real symmetric matrix <em>A</em>. Denote by <span><math><mi>A</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>j</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> the principal submatrix of <em>A</em> obtained by deleting the <em>j</em>th row and column, and let <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></math></span> denote the algebraic multiplicity of the eigenvalue <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> of <em>A</em>. An index <em>j</em> is called a P-vertex of <em>A</em> if <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>j</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>−</mo><msub><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>)</mo><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>. A graph <em>G</em> on <em>n</em> vertices is said to have property (P) if there exists a nonsingular symmetric matrix <em>A</em> whose underlying graph is <em>G</em> such that every vertex of <em>A</em> is a P-vertex. This work develops a graph-theoretic framework for studying property (P), with particular emphasis on graphs that admit a perfect matching. We analyze bipartite graphs that satisfy property (P) and show that the existence of a perfect matching plays a decisive role in their characterization. In particular, we prove that a tree possesses property (P) if and only if it admits a unique perfect matching, and we present an alternative characterization of unicyclic graphs satisfying property (P). The analysis is then extended to non-bipartite graphs with a unique perfect matching, where we highlight structural features that influence property (P). Furthermore, we construct a family of graphs on <em>n</em> vertices that do not satisfy property (P), but have a nonsingular matrix for which the number of P-vertices is <span><math><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>. We also investigate the behavior of property (P) under certain graph operations, such as the edge-joining of graphs, and show that this operation preserves property (P) under specific conditions. In particular, we establish that if two graphs <em>G</em> and <em>H</em> each satisfy property (P), then the graph obtained by joining them with a single edge also satisfies property (P), and we examine the converse of this result.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"731 ","pages":"Pages 109-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145577893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}