On a conjecture about the eigenvalues of doubly stochastic matrices

According to a long standing conjecture, the geometric location of eigenvalues of doubly stochastic matrices of order n is exactly the union of regular k-gons anchored at 1 in the unit disc for 2 ≤ k ≤ n. It is easy to verify this fact for n =  2 ,  3 . But, for n ≥ 4, it has been an open question....

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Published inLinear & multilinear algebra Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 491 - 498
Main Authors Mashreghi, Javad, Rivard, Roland
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Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2007
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DOI10.1080/03081080600899296

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Abstract According to a long standing conjecture, the geometric location of eigenvalues of doubly stochastic matrices of order n is exactly the union of regular k-gons anchored at 1 in the unit disc for 2 ≤ k ≤ n. It is easy to verify this fact for n =  2 ,  3 . But, for n ≥ 4, it has been an open question. We show that this conjecture is wrong for n =  5 .
AbstractList According to a long standing conjecture, the geometric location of eigenvalues of doubly stochastic matrices of order n is exactly the union of regular k-gons anchored at 1 in the unit disc for 2 ≤ k ≤ n. It is easy to verify this fact for n =  2 ,  3 . But, for n ≥ 4, it has been an open question. We show that this conjecture is wrong for n =  5 .
Author Rivard, Roland
Mashreghi, Javad
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