Convexity properties of the condition number II

In our previous paper [SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 31 (2010), pp. 1491–1506], we studied the condition metric in the space of maximal rank n × m matrices. Here, we show that this condition metric induces a Lipschitz Riemannian structure on that space. After investigating geodesics in such a nonsmoot...

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Autores: Beltrán Álvarez, Carlos|||0000-0002-0689-8232, Dedieu, Jean-Pierre, Malajovich, Gregorio, Shub, Michael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/3206
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/3206
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Condition number
Lipschitz Riemannian structure
Convexity
Self-convexity
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Sumario:In our previous paper [SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 31 (2010), pp. 1491–1506], we studied the condition metric in the space of maximal rank n × m matrices. Here, we show that this condition metric induces a Lipschitz Riemannian structure on that space. After investigating geodesics in such a nonsmooth structure, we show that the inverse of the smallest singular value of a matrix is a log-convex function along geodesics. We also show that a similar result holds for the solution variety of linear systems. Some of our intermediate results such as those on the second covariant derivative or Hessian of a function with symmetries on a manifold, and those on piecewise self-convex functions, are of independent interest. Those results were motivated by our investigations on the complexity of path-following algorithms for solving polynomial systems.