Pseudospectra and Simultaneous Power Control

Abstract

We prove that, for $M>0$ and $n,m\ge2$, we can find two $10\times10$ matrices $A$ and $B$ with identical pseudospectra such that we have simultaneously $\|A^n\|/\|B^n\|>M$ and $\|A^m\|/\|B^m\|>M$. We also prove that, under certain conditions, this result holds for two more general functions of $A$ and $B$.