{ "id": "math/0404559", "version": "v2", "published": "2004-04-30T19:45:09.000Z", "updated": "2004-05-10T20:59:07.000Z", "title": "Graphs and Hermitian matrices: discrepancy and singular values", "authors": [ "Bela Bollobas", "Vladimir Nikiforov" ], "comment": "22 pages, accepted in Discrete Math. Rev 2 - some typos corrected, thanks Herbert Wilf", "categories": [ "math.CO", "math.AC" ], "abstract": "We introduce a measure of discrepancy of Hermitian matrices and establish an inequality between the second singular value of a Hermitian matrix and its discrepancy. These results are applied to answer two questions of Fan Chung about graph eigenvalues.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2004-05-10T20:59:07.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "05C50", "15A18" ], "keywords": [ "hermitian matrices", "discrepancy", "second singular value", "hermitian matrix", "fan chung" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 22, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2004math......4559B" } } }