Characterization of diagonally dominant H-matrices

Abstract

We first show that sufficient conditions for a diagonally dominant matrix to be a nonsingular one (and also an H-matrix), obtained independently by Shivakumar and Chew in 1974, and Farid in 1995, are equivalent. Then we simplify the characterization of diagonally dominant H-matrices obtained by Huang in 1995, and using it prove that the Shivakumar-Chew-Farid sufficient condition for a diagonally dominant matrix to be an H-matrix, is also necessary.