Taussky' s theorem, symmetrizability and modal analysis revisited
Taussky' s theorem, symmetrizability and modal analysis revisited
This paper is concerned with symmetrization and diagonalization of real matrices and their implications for the dynamics of linear, second-order systems governed by equations of motion having asymmetric coefficient matrices. Results in the light of Taussky's theorem are presented. The connection of the symmetrizers with the eigenvalue problem is brought out. An alternative proof of Taussky's theorem for real matrices is presented. Diagonalization of two real symmetric (but not necessarily positive-definite) matrices is discussed in the context of undamped non-gyroscopic systems. A commutator of two matrices with respect to a given third matrix is defined; this commutator is found to play an interesting role in deciding simultaneous diagonalizability of two or three matrices. Errors in a few previously known results are brought out. Pseudo-conservative systems are studied and their connection with the so-called 'symmetrizable systems' is critically examined. Results for modal analysis of general non-conservative systems are presented. Illustrative examples are given.
eigenvalue, normal, nodes, diagonalization
2455-2480
Bhaskar, Atul
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8 October 2001
Bhaskar, Atul
d4122e7c-5bf3-415f-9846-5b0fed645f3e
Bhaskar, Atul
(2001)
Taussky' s theorem, symmetrizability and modal analysis revisited.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 457 (2014), .
(doi:10.1098/rspa.2001.0820).
Abstract
This paper is concerned with symmetrization and diagonalization of real matrices and their implications for the dynamics of linear, second-order systems governed by equations of motion having asymmetric coefficient matrices. Results in the light of Taussky's theorem are presented. The connection of the symmetrizers with the eigenvalue problem is brought out. An alternative proof of Taussky's theorem for real matrices is presented. Diagonalization of two real symmetric (but not necessarily positive-definite) matrices is discussed in the context of undamped non-gyroscopic systems. A commutator of two matrices with respect to a given third matrix is defined; this commutator is found to play an interesting role in deciding simultaneous diagonalizability of two or three matrices. Errors in a few previously known results are brought out. Pseudo-conservative systems are studied and their connection with the so-called 'symmetrizable systems' is critically examined. Results for modal analysis of general non-conservative systems are presented. Illustrative examples are given.
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Published date: 8 October 2001
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eigenvalue, normal, nodes, diagonalization
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