Matrix Partial Orders, Shorted Operators and Applications (Series in Algebra)

The present monograph on matrix partial orders, the first on this topic, makes a unique presentation of many partial orders on matrices that have fascinated mathematicians for their beauty and applied scientists for their wide-ranging application potential. Except for the Löwner order, the partial orders considered are relatively new and came into being in the late 1970s. After a detailed introduction to generalized inverses and decompositions, the three basic partial orders namely, the minus, the sharp and the star and the corresponding one-sided orders are presented using various generalized inverses. The authors then give a unified theory of all these partial orders as well as study the parallel sums and shorted matrices, the latter being studied at great length. Partial orders of modified matrices are a new addition. Finally, applications are given in statistics and electrical network theory. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Matrix orders. 1.2. Parallel sum and shorted operator. 1.3. A tour through the rest of the monograph -- 2. Matrix decompositions and generalized inverses. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Matrix decompositions. 2.3. Generalized inverse of a matrix. 2.4. The group inverse. 2.5. Moore-Penrose inverse. 2.6. Generalized inverses of modified matrices. 2.7. Simultaneous diagonalization. 2.8. Exercises -- 3. The minus order. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Space pre-order. 3.3. Minus order - some characterizations. 3.4. Matrices above/below a given matrix under the minus order. 3.5. Subclass of g-inverses A[symbol] of A such that [symbol]A = A[symbol]B and AA[symbol]=BA[symbol] when A