Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Mathematics
Journal Title
Operators and Matrices
Pub Date
2012
Volume
6
Issue
3
First Page
607
Abstract
Which convex subsets of C are the numerical range W(A) of some matrix A? This paper gives a precise characterization of these sets. In addition to this we show that for any A there exists a symmetric B of the same size such that W(A) = W(B) thereby settling an open question from [2].
Recommended Citation
Helton, J. W., & Spitkovsky, I. M. (2011). The possible shapes of numerical ranges. arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4587.
DOI
10.7153/oam-06-41
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