Short proofs of theorems of Mirsky and Horn on diagonals and eigenvalues of matrices
Abstract
A theorem of Mirsky provides necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an N-square complex matrix with prescribed diagonal entries and prescribed eigenvalues. We give a simple inductive proof of this theorem.
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