Inertia indices and eigenvalue inequalities for Hermitian matrices

Sai-Nan Zheng, Xi Chen, Lily Li Liu, Yi Wang

Published 2019-10-04Version 1

We present a characterization of eigenvalue inequalities between two Hermitian matrices by means of inertia indices. As applications, we deal with some classical eigenvalue inequalities for Hermitian matrices, including the Cauchy interlacing theorem and the Weyl inequality, in a simple and unified approach. We also give a common generalization of eigenvalue inequalities for (Hermitian) normalized Laplacian matrices of simple (signed, weighted, directed) graphs.