Johnson, Charles R.; Costas-Santos, Roberto S.; Tadchiev, Boris Matrices totally positive relative to a tree. (English) Zbl 1171.15021 Electron. J. Linear Algebra 18, 211-221 (2009). Summary: It is known that for a totally positive (TP) matrix, the eigenvalues are positive and distinct and the eigenvector associated with the smallest eigenvalue is totally nonzero and has an alternating sign pattern. Here, a certain weakening of the TP hypothesis is shown to yield a similar conclusion. Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 1 Document MSC: 15B48 Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices 15A18 Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors Keywords:totally positive matrices; Sylvester’s identity; graph theory; spectral theory; eigenvalues; eigenvector × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: arXiv EuDML EMIS