%0 Journal Article %T Non-Singularity Conditions for Two Z-Matrix Types %A Shinji Miura %J Advances in Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory %P 109-119 %@ 2165-3348 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/alamt.2014.42009 %X
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.
%K Z-Matrix %K M-Matrix %K Non-Negative Matrix %K Diagonal Dominance %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=46835