{ "id": "1612.05058", "version": "v1", "published": "2016-12-15T13:35:50.000Z", "updated": "2016-12-15T13:35:50.000Z", "title": "New pairs of matrices with convex generalized numerical ranges", "authors": [ "Wai-Shun Cheung" ], "doi": "10.1080/03081087.2016.1255173", "categories": [ "math.FA" ], "abstract": "In this article, we are going to search for $n\\times n$ matrices $A$ and $B$ such that their generalized numerical range $$W_A(B)=\\{tr(AU^*BU) \\ :\\ U^*U=UU^*=I\\}$$ is convex. More specifically, we consider $A=\\hat{A}\\oplus I_k$ and $B=\\hat{B}\\oplus I_k$ where $\\hat{A}$ and $\\hat{B}$ are $2\\times 2$. If $W_A(B)=W_{\\hat{A}}(\\hat{B})$ then it is a convex set.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2016-12-15T13:35:50.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "15A60" ], "keywords": [ "convex generalized numerical ranges", "convex set" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "Taylor-Francis" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }