Questions tagged [circulant-matrices]
A circulant matrix is a square matrix where each row has the same elements as the previous row, cyclically rotated right by one element. It is a specific kind of a square Toeplitz matrix.
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Deciding Total Unimodularity of Circulant Matrices
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which, if any, of the criteria for total unimodularity of matrices are easier to check, in the sense of computational complexity, for a circulant matrix $A\in\lbrace -1,0,+1\rbrace^{n\times ...
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Why do error points in spectral differentiation converge in pairs?
I am studying spectral differentiation methods, particularly in the context of periodic differentiation matrices (circulant matrices). I ran a numerical experiment similar to Trefethen’s Spectral ...
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Spectral radius of conjugation of circulant matrix
Let the matrix ${\bf \Sigma}$ be diagonal and let the (invertible) matrix $\bf H$ be circulant and Hermitian. I want to find an upper bound on the spectral radius (or spectral norm) of the matrix
$$ {\...
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Upper bound on the spectral norm of a matrix with zeroed entries far from the diagonal
Let $M$ be an $n \times n$ matrix (it can be considered symmetric/Hermitian if it is simpler but a general result would be nice) and define the following $n \times n$ circulant matrix
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C = \begin{...
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Two questions about three circulant matrices
Consider the following matrix equation in $n \times n$ circulant $\pm 1$ matrices $A$, $B$, $C$
$$2AA^T+BB^T+CC^T=(4n+4)I-4J$$
where $I$ is the $n \times n$ identity matrix and $J$ is the $n×n$ matrix ...
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Circulant matrix inverse in $\mathrm{GF}(p)$
$\DeclareMathOperator\GF{GF}$For a polynomial $C(x)=c_0+\dots+c_n x^n$, consider a circulant matrix $C$ such that
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C= \begin{pmatrix}
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The eigenvectors of adding a particular rank one matrix to the circulant matrix
Suppose that $e_1, \cdots, e_n$ are the standard vectors of the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$.
Let us consider the backward shift operator $T:\mathbb{R}^n\to \mathbb{R}^n$ given by $Te_k=e_{k-1}$ ...
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Complexity of inverting and multiplying against a symmetric Toeplitz matrix with two repeated entries
I know that the computational complexity of inverting a general $n \times n$ matrix $A$ is $O(n^{2.373})$ and multiplying it against an $n \times m$ matrix is $O(n^2m)$. Moreover, I've seen that ...
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What are the eigenvalues/eigenvectors of the matrix $A=\Big(\frac{1}{\cos(k-l)\frac{\pi}{n}}\Big)_{k,l=1}^{\frac{n-1}{2}}$ when $n$ is odd?
Suppose that $n$ is odd. The eigen values/eigenvectors of the skew-circulant matrix $A=\Big(\frac{1}{\cos(k-l)\frac{\pi}{n}}\Big)_{k,l=1}^n$ are successfully computed in this post.
Q. What are ...
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One question on circulant $\pm1$ matrices
Let $n > 13$ be a positive integer. Is there any $n \times n$ circulant $\pm1$ matrix $A$ satisfying the following property
$$AA^T=(n-1)I+J$$
where $I$ is the $n \times n$ identity matrix and $J$ ...
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Define circulant matrix using matrix-vector multiplication? [closed]
Does there exist a matrix $\mathbf{A}$ that takes any vector $\mathbf{v}\in \mathbb{R}^n$ into the circulant matrix $\mathbf{C}_{\mathbf v} = \mathbf{A}\mathbf{v} \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ ...
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Square root of a circulant matrix block
I'm trying to show the following:
Given the following $n\times n$ symmetric circulant matrices
$$A^*=\begin{pmatrix}
1 & -\mu_a & 0 & ...&0&-\mu_a \\
-\mu_a & 1 & -\mu_a &...
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The number of unitary circulant matrices over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$
I asked this question in MSE few days ago but there was no response.
Suppose $\mathbb{F}=\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$, where $q$ is a prime power. The conjugate of elements in $\mathbb{F}$ is defined by $\...
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Is the random point $(C,S)$ the same as $(1,0)+(\cos U,\sin U)=(1 + \cos U,\sin U)$, with $U$ a uniform r.v.?
Suppose that $\theta_1$ and $\theta_2$ are independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables and that $\theta_j$ has probability density function (PDF) $f_j = \frac{1}{2\pi}$ ($i.e.$, ...
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Chromatic Polynomials of Circulant Graph With Two Parameters
I have been working with the chromatic polynomials of circulant graphs of prime order $p$ with two distinct parameters, i.e.
$P_{p,i,j}(x):= P(C_{p}(i,j),x)$ with $1 \leq i \neq j \leq \ n/2.$
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An Optimization Problem with Complex Variables, regarding Eigenvalues of Circulant Matrices
Let $S$ be a finite subset of the complex unit circle and $1 \in S$. For each $n \in \mathbb N $, define $f_n\colon S^{n-1}\to\mathbb R$ by
$$f_n(x) := \sum_{w^{n}=1}|x_1w+ x_2w^2\cdots+x_{n-1}w^{n-1}...
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Large submatrices of circulant matrices
What properties of circulant matrices are inherited by their principal submatrices? To be more specific:
Given a square (zero-one) matrix $M$ of order $n$ with all elements on its main diagonal ...
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Fullrankness of sum of time shifts
I am working with finite Gabor frames and in this context a problem appeared which I am trying to solve for a couple of weeks now.
Given a $(p,k,1)$ cyclic difference set for $\mathbb{Z}_p$ which is ...
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Lovász theta and circulant graphs
Let $\theta(G)$ denote the Shannon zero error capacity of graph $G$ and $\vartheta(G)$ be the Lovász upper bound for $\theta(G)$.
Let $C_{2n+1}$ denote the cycle graph with $2n+1$ nodes.
We know the ...
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Bounds for maximum determinant of circulant matrices
The Hadamard circulant conjecture states that there do not exist circulant Hadamard matrices with more than $4$ columns.
An $n$ by $n$ Hadamard matrix where the entries are chosen from $\{-1,1\}$ ...
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Are there infinite constructions for partial circulant Hadamard matrices?
I believe that the circulant Hadamard conjecture (that there are no circulant Hadamard matrices of size greater than $4\times4$) is still open.
I also know that examples of $(n/2) \times n$ matrices ...
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About the properities of sum of powers of items in a polynomial
Given a polynomial $f_1=a_1x+a_2x^2+\cdots+a_{p-1}x^{p-1}\in\mathbb{Z}[x]/(x^{p}-1)$, with prime $p$, we may generate the other $p-1$ polynomials:
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_2&=&a_1^2x^2+\cdots+a_{p-...
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About the rank of a Pell equation-related matrix
I have a question about the solution of Pell-equation over a prime field.
I want prove that the matrix $M$ is of rank $\frac{p-1}{2}$, with $M=(m_{i,j})\in\left(\mathbb{Z}/(p^p-1)\mathbb{Z} \right)^{(...
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XOR circulant matrices?
Take a function $f: Z_N\rightarrow R$. Construct an $N \times N$ matrix where the $(i,j)$th element of the matrix is $f(i-j)$, where $i-j$ is interpreted mod $Z_N$. The resulting matrices are ...
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Partial Vandermonde circulant determinant expression
Consider following partial Vandermonde type, circulant matrix
$\begin{bmatrix}
x_1 & x_2 & 0 & \dots & 0 & x_n\\
x_1^2 & x_2^2 & x_3^2 & \dots & 0 & 0\\
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Are certain normal matrices circulant? (Part 2)
Let $\mathcal{F}$ denote the family of real normal matrices $A$ such that $
A^TA=\begin{pmatrix}
a & b \\
b & \ddots
\end{pmatrix}$, for $b>0$.
As a user observed in the solution of Part 1 ...
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Is a normal matrix satisfying $A^TA=...$ circulant?
Let $A=\{a_{ij}\}$ be a normal matrix such that $a_{ij}\geq 0$ with equality iff $i=j$. Suppose that
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A^TA=\begin{pmatrix}
a & b & \cdots & b\\
b & a & \ddots & \vdots\\
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How to determine if there exists a non-zero vector in the kernel
If you are given a $0$-$1$ circulant matrix with $n$ rows and $n$ columns, is there an efficient way of determining if there exists a non-zero $\{-1,0,1\}$-vector in its kernel?
Could this problem in ...
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Graphs with circulant distance matrices
The cycle has this property. For instance, the distance matrix for a 6-cycle is:
$A=\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\\\
1 & 0 & 1 &...
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bounds on the entries of an inverse circulant matrix
Suppose that $C$ is a (real) circulant invertible matrix defined by a vector $d$. Then $C^{-1}$ is also a circulant defined by some vector $f$. There exists a standard formula that expresses the ...
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Eigenvectors and eigenvalues of a tridiagonal Toeplitz matrix
Is it possible to analytically evaluate the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the following $n \times n$ tridiagonal matrix
$$
\mathcal{T}^{a}_n(p,q) = \begin{pmatrix}
0 & q & 0 & 0 &...
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Is this general form of Lovasz theta function of circulant graphs?
Let $G$ be a cirulant graph with no loops at vertices and vertex degree $d$. Is the Lovasz theta function of this graph given by:
$\vartheta(G) = \max_{i}\frac{-N\epsilon_{i}}{-\epsilon_{i}+d-1}$?
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