Rational realization of the minimum ranks of nonnegative sign pattern matrices

Wei Fang, Wei Gao, Yubin Gao, Fei Gong, Guangming Jing, Zhongshan Li, Yanling Shao, Lihua Zhang

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Abstract

A sign pattern matrix (or nonnegative sign pattern matrix) is a matrix whose entries are from the set {+,−, 0} ({+, 0}, respectively). The minimum rank (or rational minimum rank) of a sign pattern matrix A is the minimum of the ranks of the matrices (rational matrices, respectively) whose entries have signs equal to the corresponding entries of A. Using a correspondence between sign patterns with minimum rank r ≥ 2 and point-hyperplane configurations in Rr−1 and Steinitz’s theorem on the rational realizability of 3-polytopes, it is shown that for every nonnegative sign pattern of minimum rank at most 4, the minimum rank and the rational minimum rank are equal. But there are nonnegative sign patterns with minimum rank 5 whose rational minimum rank is greater than 5. It is established that every d-polytope determines a nonnegative sign pattern with minimum rank d + 1 that has a (d + 1) × (d + 1) triangular submatrix with all diagonal entries positive. It is also shown that there are at most min{3m, 3n} zero entries in any condensed nonnegative m × n sign pattern of minimum rank 3. Some bounds on the entries of some integer matrices achieving the minimum ranks of nonnegative sign patterns with minimum rank 3 or 4 are established.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)895-911
Number of pages17
JournalCzechoslovak Mathematical Journal
Volume66
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • condensed sign pattern
  • convex polytope
  • integer matrix
  • minimum rank
  • nonnegative sign pattern
  • point-hyperplane configuration
  • rational minimum rank
  • rational realization
  • sign pattern (matrix)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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