Topology problems
339 problems · Topology, metric and normed spaces.
Ex.254Metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.255Open balls in a metric space
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.280Open balls in $\mathbb{R}$
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.281Open intervals are open sets
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.282Closed sets in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.283Open balls in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.284Open sets in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.287Odd-sized real matrices have a real eigenvalue
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.288The inverse does not extend continuously across singular matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.289The closed set det(A - I) = 0 has empty interior
Density and closures
L2
Ex.290Convergence of the matrix exponential and its first bounds
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L2
Ex.291The exponential of a sum: commuting and non-commuting matrices
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L2
Ex.292Every norm sphere of M_n(R) is a sphere
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.293Trace and determinant bounded by the operator norm
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.294The Frobenius norm comes from an inner product
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.295Two norms of the identity matrix
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.296Entries versus Frobenius norm
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.297Every norm on M_n(R) is complete
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.298Column-sum and row-sum norms of a 2×2 matrix
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.299The groups GL_n and SL_n: open and closed
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.300Proper subspaces are closed with empty interior
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.301Closed or open? Three classical subspaces
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.302Integer matrices are closed and discrete, rational ones dense
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.303Polynomial maps between matrix spaces are continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.304Matrix multiplication is jointly continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.305Inversion is a homeomorphism of GL_n
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.306Which natural functions of a matrix are continuous?
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.307GL_n is a topological group
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.308Components of the linear group
Connectedness
L2
Ex.309Convex sets of matrices are path connected
Connectedness
L2
Ex.310Singular matrices and the nilpotent cone are star-shaped
Connectedness
L2
Ex.311The special linear group is totally disconnected
Connectedness
L2
Ex.312SO(2) is a circle, O(2) has two components
Connectedness
L2
Ex.313Components of the set where the trace is non-zero
Connectedness
L2
Ex.512Cauchy sequences
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.513Continuity in metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.514Convergence in metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.515Classical metrics on $\mathbb{R}^n$
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.516Normed spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.581Closed sets
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.582Closed intervals are closed
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.583Finite intersections of open sets
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.584Arbitrary unions of open sets
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.585Boundary of an open set
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.586Boundary of a ball
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.587Interior, closure, boundary
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.588Limit points in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.589Stability of open and closed sets
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.629Continuity of the determinant
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.630Convergence in $M_n(\mathbb{R})$ via entries
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.631Summary of the topology of $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
High school
Ex.646A 2×2 matrix with positive entries has a positive eigenvector
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.647Convexity of λ_max and the spectral norm on symmetric matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.648A discrete cyclic subgroup of the general linear group
Density and closures
L2
Ex.649Closure of the PSD matrices of rank k
Density and closures
L2
Ex.650Invertible rational matrices are dense in the general linear group
Density and closures
L2
Ex.651Real-diagonalisable matrices are not dense
Density and closures
L3
Ex.652Three open dense subsets of the space of matrices
Density and closures
L2
Ex.653The closure of a subgroup of GL_n is a subgroup
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L2
Ex.654The derivative of the matrix exponential and the one-parameter group property
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L2
Ex.655The exponential is not injective: rotations as exponentials
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L2
Ex.656Existence of a closest matrix of rank at most r
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.657Singular matrices have measure zero
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.658The singular value map is continuous and onto the ordered cone
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.659Strictly diagonally dominant matrices are invertible
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.660The numerical range of a real matrix is an interval
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.661The Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse is discontinuous
Rank, spectrum and norms
L2
Ex.663The Frobenius norm is submultiplicative
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.664Operator norm: submultiplicativity and comparison with Frobenius
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.665Operator norms of three basic matrices
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.666The max-entry norm is not submultiplicative
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.667Orthogonal invariance of the Frobenius and operator norms
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.668Operator norm of a symmetric matrix
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.669The diameter of the orthogonal group
Norms and metric structure
L2
Ex.670Open ball, closed ball and sphere in the operator norm
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.671Positive definite matrices: open cone with closure PSD
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.672PSD matrices have empty interior in all of M_n
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.673Nilpotent matrices and idempotents are closed
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.674GL_n is dense and its boundary is the singular set
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.675Matrices with no zero entry: open and dense
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.676Entrywise nonnegative matrices: a closed cone with interior
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.677Conjugation is continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.678Lipschitz estimates for the norm and for inversion
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.679Inversion is not uniformly continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.680Matrices of negative determinant are not squares
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.681The nearest symmetric matrix is the symmetric part
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.682The characteristic polynomial map and its section
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.683The nilpotent cone is closed but not compact
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.684A path from positive to negative determinant hits a singular matrix
Continuity of matrix maps
L2
Ex.685Complement of a subspace
Connectedness
L2
Ex.686The complement of O(n) is path connected
Connectedness
L2
Ex.687Hurwitz (stable) matrices form a connected set
Connectedness
L2
Ex.688Level sets of the determinant
Connectedness
L2
Ex.689The general linear group is path connected
Connectedness
L2
Ex.690Matrices with real positive spectrum
Connectedness
L2
Ex.691O(n) has exactly two components
Connectedness
L2
Ex.692Spectral radius balls and star-shaped sets
Connectedness
L2
Ex.693Nilpotent matrices and idempotents of fixed rank
Connectedness
L2
Ex.694The idempotents 0 and I are isolated points
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.695Square-zero matrices form a path connected set
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.696The operator-norm distance between two rotations is a chord length
Applications and the case n = 2
L2
Ex.1062Compactness in metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1063Compact sets are closed and bounded
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1064Continuous image of compact
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1065Complete metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1066Equivalent metrics
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1067Isometries between metric spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1068Equivalent norms
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1069Classical normed spaces
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1070Product metrics
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1184Interior, closure, boundary
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1185Connected subsets of $\mathbb{R}$
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1186Limit points
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1187Dense sets
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1188Heine–Borel in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1189Continuous image of a compact set
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1190Connectedness in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1191Convex sets are connected
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1192Continuity versus iterated limits
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1193Sequential compactness in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1286A non-compact closed subspace: trace-zero matrices
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1287Completeness of $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1288Interior and boundary of $GL_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1289Equivalent metrics on $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1290Submultiplicativity of matrix norms
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1291Separability of $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1341det(I + AB) = det(I + BA) by density
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1342Exponential coordinates on SO(3)
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1343Rank-one orthogonal projections form the projective space
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1344Odd-dimensional rotations have an axis
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1345The quotient of M_n(R) by conjugation is not Hausdorff
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1346AAáµ€ and Aáµ€A have the same characteristic polynomial
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1347The Grassmannian of orthogonal projections is compact and connected
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1348Sym_n/O(n) is a closed Weyl chamber
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1349The rotation angle of a 3D rotation is continuous
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1350AB and BA have the same characteristic polynomial
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1351Adjugate identities by density
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1352Proper algebraic subsets of M_n(R) have measure zero
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1353The Cayley-Hamilton theorem by density
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1354Closure of the matrices with a non-real eigenvalue
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1355Finite-order rotations are dense in SO(2)
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1356Idempotents of a given rank form a closed set
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1357Powers of a rotation: when are they dense?
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1358Matrices with an eigenvalue of modulus one
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1359Matrices with an LU factorisation
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1360Nonderogatory matrices form an open dense set
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1361Orthogonally invariant functions of symmetric matrices
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1362density in the special linear group
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1363Rational rotation matrices are dense in SO(2)
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1364The closure of the Hurwitz matrices
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1365The complement of a polynomial zero set is open and dense
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1366The orbit of a Jordan block accumulates on the identity
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1367The set of real normal matrices
Density and closures
L3
Ex.1368A matrix of positive determinant that is not an exponential
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1369Centres of GL_n and SL_n, and discrete normal subgroups
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1370The determinant of an exponential: det e^A = e^(tr A)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1371exp is a homeomorphism from symmetric to positive definite matrices
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1372The quotients GL_n/O(n) and SL_n/SO(n)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1373The polar-exponential decomposition of GL_n
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1374SO(n)/SO(n-1) is the sphere
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1375The exponential maps skew-symmetric matrices onto SO(n)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1376The logarithm near the identity and local inverse of exp
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1377Connected components of the projective linear group
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1378Nilpotent matrices and unipotent matrices
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1379Topology of the groups of upper triangular matrices
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
L3
Ex.1380Eigenvalues are only Hölder continuous
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1381Semicontinuity of the inertia of symmetric matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1382Inversion reverses the order of positive definite matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1383Matrices with positive definite symmetric part
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1384Power-bounded matrices do not form a closed set
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1385Power sums determine the characteristic polynomial
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1386The cone of rank-one matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1387Semicontinuity of the minimal polynomial degree and of the centraliser
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1388Where is {det = 0} a manifold?
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1389The discriminant of a 2×2 matrix and a cone
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1390The set of matrices whose powers converge is neither open nor closed
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1391The spectral mapping theorem for polynomials
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1392A^k converges to 0 if and only if the spectral radius is less than 1
Rank, spectrum and norms
L3
Ex.1397The operator norm via the largest eigenvalue of Aáµ€A
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1398The operator norm of a shear matrix
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1399The operator norm is invariant under transposition
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1400Eigenvalues are bounded by the operator norm
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1401The Neumann series
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1402Invertibility is stable under small perturbations
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1403The trace is bounded by the Frobenius norm
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1404The Schur test
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1405Strict convexity of the Frobenius ball but not of the operator ball
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1406The rank metric
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1407Linear functionals on M_n(R) are traces against a matrix
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1408Induced operator norms make M_n(R) a Banach algebra
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1409All norms on M_n(R) are equivalent
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1410Distance from an invertible matrix to the singular matrices
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1411The inverse blows up near singular matrices
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1412The best constants comparing operator and Frobenius norms
Norms and metric structure
L3
Ex.1413The closure of {det > 0}
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L2
Ex.1414Lower-rank matrices form a closed set, higher-rank an open one
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1415Matrices of rank exactly r: neither open nor closed
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1416Matrices with a real eigenvalue: closed set, interior for n = 2
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1417Real-diagonalisable matrices: neither open nor closed
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1418Matrices with n distinct eigenvalues form an open set
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1419The orthogonal group is closed and nowhere dense
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1420Involutions form a closed unbounded set
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1421The boundary of the positive definite cone
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1422Orthogonal projections: compact with empty interior in Sym_n
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1423An open subgroup of GL_n is also closed
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1424Interior and boundary of {det > 1}
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1425The commutant of a non-scalar matrix is a thin subspace
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1426Matrices with rational trace: dense with empty interior
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1427Countably many proper subspaces never cover M_n
Open, closed, interior, boundary
L3
Ex.1428The derivative of the determinant (Jacobi's formula)
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1429The derivative of matrix inversion
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1430Roots of a polynomial depend continuously on its coefficients
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1431The spectral radius is continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1432Rank is lower but not upper semicontinuous
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1433The rank of the adjugate matrix
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1434The sign of the determinant under squaring
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1435The determinant is an open map
Continuity of matrix maps
L3
Ex.1436The complement of the special linear group
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1437Matrices of fixed rank
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1438SO(n) is connected by Givens rotations
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1439Components of the sets of idempotents and involutions
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1440Matrices of rank at least k are path connected
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1441The special linear group is path connected (transvections)
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1442The special linear group is path connected (polar decomposition)
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1443SO(n) is path connected (normal form)
Connectedness
L2
Ex.1445Complex coordinates (z, w) on M_2(R): determinant and singular values
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1446Conjugation by rotations acts on w by e^{2iβ}
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1447Matrices of finite order are dense in SO(n)
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1448Real eigenvalues of a matrix
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1449Rotations of finite order are dense in SO(3)
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1450Signature is constant on a rank stratum of symmetric matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1451The distance to the singular matrices in M_2(R)
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1452The singular matrices of M_2(R) form a cone over a torus
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1453The shapes of GL(2,R), SL(2,R) and {det < 0}
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1454The operator-norm ball and O(2) in complex coordinates
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1455Schur-stable 2×2 matrices: the Jury conditions and connectedness
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1456The cone of positive definite 2×2 matrices is a light cone
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1457The convex hull of SO(2) is a flat disc
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1458The 2×2 Hurwitz matrices form a path-connected set
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1459Rank-one idempotents and involutions of M_2(R) are cylinders
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1460The distance from a 2×2 matrix to the rotation group
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1461The nonzero nilpotents of M_2(R) form two components
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1462The square roots of A in M_2(R) form two disjoint planes
Applications and the case n = 2
L3
Ex.1779Baire category theorem
Metric and normed spaces
M1
Ex.1780Completion of a metric space
Metric and normed spaces
M1
Ex.1781Closed bounded sets need not be compact
Metric and normed spaces
M1
Ex.1782Heine–Cantor theorem
Metric and normed spaces
L1
Ex.1884Accumulation points of $\mathbb{Q}$
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1885The Cantor set is compact
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1886Compact sets in $\mathbb{R}$
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1887Sequential compactness in $\mathbb{R}$
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1888Continuity via open preimages
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1889Limit superior and limit inferior
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1890The Borel–Lebesgue property
Topology of ℝ
L1
Ex.1891Baire category theorem for $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
M1
Ex.1892Continuity and open preimages
Topology of ℝⁿ
L1
Ex.1893Ball and cube are homeomorphic
Topology of ℝⁿ
M1
Ex.1894Isometries of $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
M1
Ex.1895Heine–Cantor in $\mathbb{R}^n$
Topology of ℝⁿ
M1
Ex.1963Classical closed subgroups of $GL_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1964Compactness of orthogonal and orthogonal groups
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1965Continuity of eigenvalues (statement)
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
M1
Ex.1966A homeomorphism of $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.1967Continuity of the matrix exponential
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
M1
Ex.1968$GL_n(\mathbb{R})$ is open in $M_n(\mathbb{R})$
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
L1
Ex.2000A²+B² is singular when A³ = B³ and A²B = B²A
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2001The determinant of a block matrix with commuting lower blocks
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2002Invertible skew-symmetric matrices have two components
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2003Rotations by π form a projective plane; the Cayley transform covers the rest
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2004adj(adj A) = (det A)^(n-2) A
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2005det(A² + B²) is positive for commuting real matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2006Ky Fan's maximum principle
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2007M_n(R)/(O(n) . O(n)) is the space of singular values
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2008M_n(R)/O(n) is the cone of positive semidefinite matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2009Symmetric matrices with distinct eigenvalues form a connected set
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2010Orbits of real-diagonalisable matrices are closed
Density and closures
M1
Ex.2011Orbits of non-diagonalisable matrices are not closed
Density and closures
M1
Ex.2012The regular nilpotent orbit is dense in the nilpotent cone
Density and closures
M1
Ex.2013A subgroup of SO(4) that is not closed
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2014Compact subgroups of SL_n are conjugate into SO(n)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2015Every continuous one-parameter subgroup is e^(tA)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2016SO(3) is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2017A neighbourhood of the identity generates the connected group
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2018The fundamental group of SO(3)
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2019The Lie algebra of a closed subgroup is a linear subspace
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2020The Lie product formula
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2021Which matrices of the special linear group are exponentials?
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2022A traceless matrix has a zero diagonal in some orthonormal basis
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2023The fibres of (trace, determinant) on 2×2 matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2024Dobrushin's contraction for positive stochastic matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2025Eigenvalues of normal matrices move by at most the size of the perturbation
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2026A stochastic matrix has a stationary distribution
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2027Gelfand's spectral radius formula
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2028Lyapunov's criterion for Hurwitz matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2029The spectral radius is monotone on nonnegative matrices
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2030Sylvester's criterion and the openness of the positive cone
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2031The Bauer-Fike theorem
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2032The Eckart-Young theorem in the operator norm
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2033Matrices with two distinct real eigenvalues retract onto a circle
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2035Hadamard's inequality for determinants
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2036An upper bound of the determinant
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2037The determinant is Lipschitz on bounded sets
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2038The extreme points of the operator-norm unit ball
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2039The operator-norm ball is the convex hull of O(n)
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2040A majoration of the spectral radius
Norms and metric structure
M1
Ex.2041The set {Ï(A) < 1}: open, with boundary {Ï = 1}
Open, closed, interior, boundary
M1
Ex.2042The interior of the real-diagonalisable matrices
Open, closed, interior, boundary
M1
Ex.2043The closure of the real-diagonalisable matrices
Open, closed, interior, boundary
M1
Ex.2044Matrices with a repeated eigenvalue are rare
Open, closed, interior, boundary
M1
Ex.2045Symmetric matrices with distinct eigenvalues are open and dense
Open, closed, interior, boundary
M1
Ex.2046Weyl's inequality for singular values
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2047Weyl's inequality for eigenvalues of symmetric matrices
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2048The PSD square root is continuous
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2049Polar decomposition is a homeomorphism
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2050GL_n is homeomorphic to O(n) × upper triangular
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2051Cholesky: a homeomorphism from T_+ onto PD
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2052The orthogonal matrix nearest to a given matrix
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2053The Cayley transform of a skew-symmetric matrix
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2054No continuous choice of a unit eigenvector
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2055SO(2) has no continuous square root
Continuity of matrix maps
M1
Ex.2056Complex structures on the set A² = -I
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2057Connectedness of conjugacy orbits
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2058SO(n) is a deformation retract of the general linear group
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2059Matrices with n distinct real eigenvalues
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2060Components of the invertible symmetric matrices
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2061GL(2,ℝ) is not simply connected
Connectedness
M1
Ex.20622×2 matrices without real eigenvalues
Connectedness
L3
Ex.2063Ordered real eigenvalues are continuous on the real-rooted matrices
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2064The complex structures A² =-I on form exactly two components
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2065The operator-norm unit sphere of M_2(R) is a 3-sphere
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2066The orbit of a regular nilpotent matrix is connected iff n is odd
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2182Banach fixed point theorem
Metric and normed spaces
M1
Ex.2221Baire category theorem for $\mathbb{R}$
Topology of ℝ
M1
Ex.2234Distance to $O_n$ and polar decomposition (statement)
Topology of Mn(ℝ)
M1
Ex.2241Continuous homomorphisms from GL(n,R) to R
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2242No continuous square root on GL(2,R)
Applications and the case n = 2
M1
Ex.2243The Dirac belt trick: a 2Ï€ rotation is non-trivial, a 4Ï€ rotation is trivial
Exponential, logarithm and group topology
M1
Ex.2244The square root is operator monotone
Rank, spectrum and norms
M1
Ex.2245Solving a non-linear system via the continuity method
Topology of ℝⁿ
M1
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