Non-Singularity Conditions for Two Z-Matrix Types ()
ABSTRACT
A real square matrix whose non-diagonal elements are non-positive is called a Z-matrix. This paper shows a necessary and sufficient condition for non-singularity of two types of Z-matrices. The first is for the Z-matrix whose row sums are all non-negative. The non-singularity condition for this matrix is that at least one positive row sum exists in any principal submatrix of the matrix. The second is for the Z-matrix

which satisfies

where

. Let

be the ith row and the jth column element of

, and

be the jth element of

. Let

be a subset of

which is not empty, and

be the complement of

if

is a proper subset. The non-singularity condition for this matrix is

such that

or

such that

for

. Robert Beauwens and Michael Neumann previously presented conditions similar to these conditions. In this paper, we present a different proof and show that these conditions can be also derived from theirs.
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Miura, S. (2014) Non-Singularity Conditions for Two Z-Matrix Types.
Advances in Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory,
4, 109-119. doi:
10.4236/alamt.2014.42009.