Spectral aspects of symmetric matrix signings

Charles Carlson, Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran, Hsien Chih Chang, Naonori Kakimura, Alexandra Kolla

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Abstract

The spectra of signed matrices have played a fundamental role in social sciences, graph theory, and control theory. In this work, we investigate the computational problems of finding symmetric signings of matrices with natural spectral properties. Our results are the following: 1. We characterize matrices that have an invertible signing: a symmetric matrix has an invertible symmetric signing if and only if the support graph of the matrix contains a perfect 2-matching. Further, we present an efficient algorithm to search for an invertible symmetric signing. 2. We use the above-mentioned characterization to give an algorithm to find a minimum increase in the support of a given symmetric matrix so that it has an invertible symmetric signing. 3. We show NP-completeness of the following problems: verifying whether a given matrix has a symmetric signing that is singular or has bounded eigenvalues. However, we also illustrate that the complexity could differ substantially for input matrices that are adjacency matrices of graphs. We use combinatorial techniques in addition to classic results from matching theory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2019
EditorsJoost-Pieter Katoen, Pinar Heggernes, Peter Rossmanith
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959771177
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019
Event44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2019 - Aachen, Germany
Duration: Aug 26 2019Aug 30 2019

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume138
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityAachen
Period8/26/198/30/19

Keywords

  • Matchings
  • Matrix Signing
  • Spectral Graph Theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software

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