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Finding a non-negative solution to an integer system of linear equations

Let $A$ be an $n \times m$ integer matrix and consider the system of equations $Ax = b$ where $b$ is an integer vector. I want to find a solution $x$, assuming one exists, such that the components of $...
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Decomposing outer product or general rank factorization over $\Bbb F_q$

Given matrix $M\in\Bbb F_q^{n\times n}$ with the promise that there are two matrices $A\in\Bbb F_q^{n\times 1}$ and $B\in\Bbb F_q^{1\times n}$ such that $AB=M$ is there a deterministic $O((n\log q)^c)$...
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Using an oracle to find a vector $b$ for which $Ax=b$ has a solution

There is an oracle built around a hidden $m\times n$ matrix $A$ all of whose entries are 0 or 1, where $m>n$. The oracle takes as input an integer vector $b$ with positive entries, and answers as ...
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Checking properties of matrices

Given a sparse matrix $A$ in $\mathbb{Z}^{n\times n}$, how easily could one check whether a coefficient $\alpha_k$ of the characteristic polynomial $P_A$ of $A$ is equal to $0$ (without the need to ...
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How to efficiently generate a random 0-1 matrix of a given rank

How to efficiently generate a random $n\!\times\!n$ $0$-$1$ matrix of rank $k<n$?
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Matrix multiplication with transpose

Let $A,B\in\mathbb{F}^{n\times n}$ be two $n\times n$ matrices over the underlying field $\mathbb{F}$. In addition, $A$ is guaranteed to be a symmetric matrix, i.e, $A=A^{T}$. We assume complexity ...
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Rate of convergence for the Perron–Frobenius theorem

The Perron–Frobenius Theorem states the following. Let $A = (a_{ij})$ be an $n \times n$ irreducible, non-negative matrix ($a_{ij} \geq 0, \forall i,j: 1\leq i,j \leq n$). Then the following ...
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Running time of Jacobi vs Golub-Kahan for SVD

For an $m \times n$ matrix, what is the running time for computing the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD for short) via Jacobi's method, and Golub-Kahan? The source I read mentions that Jacobi's ...
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An algorithm to compute the number of paths of length at most k

So I had to answer the following question: Given a graph $G = (V, E)$, and two vertices $v_i, v_j$, compute the number of walks between $v_i$ and $v_j$ of length at most $k$. $G$ is not too large, ...
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Bigger picture behind the choice of matrices in the Strassen algorithm

In the Strassen algorithm, to compute the product of two matrices $\mathbf{A}$ and $\mathbf{B}$, the matrices $\mathbf{A}$ and $\mathbf{B}$ are divided into $2 \times 2$ block matrices and the ...
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What is the asymptotically fastest known algorithm for computing the nullspace of a matrix?

I know Gaussian Elimination takes $O(n^3)$ arithmetic operations, but I'm unsure if any better algorithms are known.
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similar matrices

Given two $n \times n$ matrices $A$ and $B$, the problem of deciding if there exist a permutation matrix $P$ such that $B = P^{-1}AP$ is equivalent to GI(Graph ...
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Constructing vectors in general position

Let a real $k\times n$ ($k\le n$) matrix ${\bf A}$ with the property that any collection of $k$ columns is full rank. Q: Is there an efficient way to deterministically find a vector ${\bf a}$ such ...
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What is the fastest algorithm to compute rank of a rectangular matrix?

Given an $m \times n$ matrix (assuming $m \ge n$), what is the fastest algorithm to compute its rank and basis of the columns? I am aware it can be solved through linear matroid intersection, which ...
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Finding SVD efficiently for $AB^T$

I have a low rank matrix given as $AB^T$ where $A,B \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times p}$ and $p \ll n$. (I know $A$ and $B$ separately) EDIT: (I have added the second question here since it was closed as a ...
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Transitive closure of an affine relation

I am looking for work on computing the transitive closure of an affine relation in the following sense: Let $R(x_1,\dots,x_n,x'_1,\dots,x'_n)$ be the relation defined by a system of linear ...
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Complexity of Finding the Eigendecomposition of a *Symmetric* Matrix

This is a specialized version of a previous question: Complexity of Finding the Eigendecomposition of a Matrix . For NxN symmetric matrices, it is known that O(N^3) time suffices to compute the ...
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Complexity of Finding the Eigendecomposition of a Matrix

My question is simple: What is the worst-case running time of the best known algorithm for computing an eigendecomposition of an $n \times n$ matrix? Does eigendecomposition reduce to matrix ...
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