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ekkilop
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Hi all!
I have no application in mind for the following question but it find it curious to think about:
Say that we have a square matrix where the sum of the elements in each row and each column is zero. Clearly such a matrix is singular. Suppose that no row or column of the matrix is the zero vector and that no row or column has just a single non-zero element -1.
If we add +1 to a random element in our matrix, is there a way to estimate the probability that this new matrix will be singular? If not generally (and I hardly believe it is possible in the general case), is there any special case of a matrix in which such an estimate is obtainable? It is of course clear that the probability is zero for a 2x2 matrix, but how about for larger matrices?
Any idea would be interesting to hear. Thank you!
I have no application in mind for the following question but it find it curious to think about:
Say that we have a square matrix where the sum of the elements in each row and each column is zero. Clearly such a matrix is singular. Suppose that no row or column of the matrix is the zero vector and that no row or column has just a single non-zero element -1.
If we add +1 to a random element in our matrix, is there a way to estimate the probability that this new matrix will be singular? If not generally (and I hardly believe it is possible in the general case), is there any special case of a matrix in which such an estimate is obtainable? It is of course clear that the probability is zero for a 2x2 matrix, but how about for larger matrices?
Any idea would be interesting to hear. Thank you!