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Abstract
Nica and Sprague [\textit{Am. Math. Mon., 2023}] derived a non-Archimedean version of the Gershgorin disk theorem. We derive a non-Archimedean version of the oval (of Cassini) theorem by Brauer [\textit{Duke Math. J., 1947}] which generalizes the Nica-Sprague disk theorem. We provide applications for bounding the zeros of polynomials over non-Archimedean fields. We also show that our result is equivalent to the non-Archimedean version of the Ostrowski nonsingularity theorem derived by Li and Li [\textit{J. Comput. Appl. Math., 2025}].
Keywords:
eigenvalue
; disk
; oval
; non-Archimedean valued field
MSC: 15A18; 15A42; 12J25; 26E30
1. Introduction
Let . For , define
For , define
Let be the set of all eigenvalues of A. In 1931, Gershgorin proved the following breakthrough result known as the Gershgorin circle/disk theorem which uses single row/column for determining the radius of the disk.
Theorem 1.
and
A remarkable application of Theorem 1 is the following result of Frobenius (which advances result of Browne).
Another remarkable application of Theorem 1 is on the bounds for the zeros of polynomials. Let . A direct observation reveals that the zeros of p are the eigenvalues of the Frobenius companion matrix
and the eigenvalues of are the same as the zeros of p[8,9]. In 1965, Bell derived following bounds for the zeros of p using Theorem 1.
It is interesting to note that one can give a proof of Inequality (1) without using companion matrix [11].
Let with . Define
We note that satisfies if and only if . Frobenius companion matrix of q is
Now by applying earlier two results to the polynomial q and rearranging, we get following results.
A result much older than Gershgorin is the following.
Theorem 7.
or
then A is invertible.
Following results say that Theorems 1 and 7 are equivalent.
Theorem 8.
[3] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Theorem 9.
[3] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
In 1947, Brauer derived following generalization of Theorem 1, known as the Brauer oval (of Cassini) theorem which uses two rows/columns for determining the radius of the oval.
Theorem 10.
and
By applying Brauer’s theorem, we get following results.
Theorem 11.
Let . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
Theorem 12.
Let . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
or
or
It is known that Brauer theorem cannot be extended by considering three rows/columns [3]. In 1937, Ostrowski derived following generalization of Theorem 7.
It is known that Theorems 10 and 13 are again equivalent.
Theorem 14.
[3] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Theorem 15.
[3] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
It is natural to ask what are versions of Theorems 1, 2, 7, 10 and 13 for matrices over non-Archimedean fields? In the paper, denotes a non-Archimedean valued field with valuation . Let . For , define
For , define
In 2023, Nica and Sprague derived the following non-Archimedean analogue of Theorems 1 and 7.
Theorem 16.
[17] (Non-Archimedean Gershgorin Eigenvalue Inclusion TheoremorNica-Sprague Disk Theorem) For every ,
and
Theorem 17.
[17] (Non-Archimedean Strict Diagonal Dominance TheoremorNica-Sprague Nonsingularity Theorem) If satisfies
or
then A is invertible.
Nica and Sprague showed that Theorems 16 and 17 are equivalent.
Theorem 18.
[17] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Theorem 19.
[17] Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Non-Archimedean version of Theorem 2 reads as follows.
Theorem 20.
Let . For every ,
In particular,
Let . Let
be the companion matrix of p. By applying Theorem 16 Nica and Sprague obtained following results.
Before passing, we give a different and direct proof of Inequality (3). Let and be a zero of p. If , then clearly we have Inequality (3). So we assume that . Since , we have
Since ,
Rearranging,
By taking absolute value and noticing , we get
Rearranging above inequality completes the argument.
In 2025, Li and Li derived the following non-Archimedean analogue of Theorem 13.
Theorem 25.
or
then A is invertible.
In this article, we derive non-Archimedean version of Theorem 10. We also show that our result is equivalent to Theorem 25. We give applications for bounding the zeros of polynomials over non-Archimedean fields.
2. Non-Archimedean Brauer Oval (of Cassini) Theorem
We start with non-Archimedean Brauer eigenvalue inclusion theorem. Our proof is motivated from the proof of Brauer [15].
Theorem 26.(Non-Archimedean Brauer Oval (of Cassini) Theorem)
For every ,
and
Proof.
Let . Then there exists a such that
Choose such that
Now choose with such that
Then we have with and
Rewriting previous equation gives
Therefore using (5) we get
Since for all , and , we must have . Previous inequality then gives . So
Therefore
Since , we have
Previous inequality says that
Second inclusion in the statement follows by considering the transpose of A and noting that the spectrum of a matrix and its transpose are equal. □
By applying Theorem 26, we get following results.
Theorem 27.
Let . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
Theorem 28.
Let . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
or
or
Theorem 29.
Let with . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
Theorem 30.
Let with . If λ is a zero of p, then
or
or
or
Like the complex case, Theorem 26 cannot be extended by considering three rows/columns. An example given for the scalar case in [3] (also see [19,20]) extends to non-Archimedean case. Consider the following matrix over any non-Archimedean field .
Then and , , , . Hence
Next we show that Theorem 26 improves Theorem 16. Our proof is motivated from the complex case, given in [3].
Theorem 31.
For every ,
and
Proof.
We prove the first inclusion, proof of second inclusion is similar. Set
and let . Then there exist with such that
We have to consider two cases. Case (i): . Then or . Now clearly we have
Case(ii): . Then
or
Now clearly we have
□
Now we show that Theorems 25 and 26 are equivalent.
Theorem 32.
Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Proof.
- (i)
-
⇒ (ii) Let satisfiesWe need to show that B is invertible. Let us assume that B is not invertible. Then . By assumption (i), there exist with such that
- (ii)
-
⇒ (i) Let and . We claim thatLet us suppose that claim fails. ThenLet be the identity matrix in . Define . Then , hence B is not invertible. Note that for all . But we also have from (10)Assumption (ii) says that B is invertible which is not possible. Hence claim holds.
□
By considering the transpose of a matrix, we easily get following result.
Theorem 33.
Let . Following two statements are equivalent.
- (i)
- Let . Then
- (ii)
-
If satisfiesthen B is invertible.
Acknowledgments
This paper has been partly developed at the Lodha Mathematical Sciences Institute (LMSI), Mumbai, India, where the author attended the “Educational Workshop on High Dimensional Expanders” from 23-25 December 2025. The author thanks the LMSI and its creators for the opportunity given to him. Author thanks Chaitanya G. K. for making him aware of reference [18].
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