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Graphs and Hermitian matrices: discrepancy and singular values

arXiv:math/0404559

Abstract

We introduce a measure of discrepancy of Hermitian matrices and establish an inequality between the second singular value of a Hermitian matrix and its discrepancy. These results are applied to answer two questions of Fan Chung about graph eigenvalues.

22 pages, accepted in Discrete Math. Rev 2 - some typos corrected, thanks Herbert Wilf

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