On an infinite family of unipotent Sylvester–Kac-like matrices
Classical Sylvester–Kac matrices are tridiagonal integral matrices with positive off-diagonal entries and fully integral spectra. Here, by relaxing the positivity requirement and using a lower Pascal triangle framework, we define, for each positive integer n, a unipotent Sylvester–Kac-like matrix in which n is the only eigenvalue. This construction highlights the connection to the original Sylvester–Kac matrices while introducing a new family of unipotent matrices with distinctive properties.
Authors
- Zhibin Du (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5795-3580)
- Carlos M. da Fonseca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-4416)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
- Published
- 2025-11-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7546/nntdm.2025.31.4.846-850
- Primary Topic
- Matrix Theory and Algorithms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province