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Show that if $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ is a Hermitian matrix with eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \leq \cdots \leq \lambda_n$ and $\mathcal{X}^{\perp}$ denotes the orthogonal complement of $\mathcal{X}$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, then $$ \lambda_{n-j+1}=\min _{\mathcal{X} \in \mathcal{S},} \max \left\{\frac{\langle A \mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}{\langle\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}: \mathbf{x} \in \mathcal{X}^{\perp} \quad \text { and } \quad \mathbf{x} \neq \mathbf{0}\right\} \text { for } j=1, \ldots, n \text {. } $$

   Show that if $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ is a Hermitian matrix with eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \leq \cdots \leq \lambda_n$ and $\mathcal{X}^{\perp}$ denotes the orthogonal complement of $\mathcal{X}$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, then
$$
\lambda_{n-j+1}=\min _{\mathcal{X} \in \mathcal{S},} \max \left\{\frac{\langle A \mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}{\langle\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}: \mathbf{x} \in \mathcal{X}^{\perp} \quad \text { and } \quad \mathbf{x} \neq \mathbf{0}\right\} \text { for } j=1, \ldots, n \text {. }
$$

Linear Algebra in Action

Harry Dym 1st Edition

Chapter 10, Problem 18

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** We are given a Hermitian matrix $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ with ordered eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \leq \cdots \leq \lambda_n$. We need to show that the $(n-j+1)$-th largest eigenvalue $\lambda_{n-j+1}$ can be characterized using the min-max principle on the Show more…

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Show that if $A \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ is a Hermitian matrix with eigenvalues $\lambda_1 \leq \cdots \leq \lambda_n$ and $\mathcal{X}^{\perp}$ denotes the orthogonal complement of $\mathcal{X}$ in $\mathbb{C}^n$, then $$ \lambda_{n-j+1}=\min _{\mathcal{X} \in \mathcal{S},} \max \left\{\frac{\langle A \mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}{\langle\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{x}\rangle}: \mathbf{x} \in \mathcal{X}^{\perp} \quad \text { and } \quad \mathbf{x} \neq \mathbf{0}\right\} \text { for } j=1, \ldots, n \text {. } $$

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