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We employ the implicit finite difference scheme with the shifted Grünwald formula to discretize the fractional diffusion equations with constant coefficients. The coefficient matrix possesses the positive definite Toeplitz-like structure, so we can use the Hermitian and skew-Hermitian splitting method for solving the system. Krylov subspace methods with circulant preconditioners such as Strang’s and T. Chan’s preconditioners are proposed to solve each subsystem via using the fast Fourier transforms (FFTs). Moreover, we present convergence analysis and prove the spectrum of the preconditioned matrices to be clustered around 1. Superlinear convergence rates of the proposed algorithms are obtained. Numerical results illustrate the effectiveness and robustness of circulant preconditioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: We consider the conditions under which the Cayley transform of the Kronecker product of two Hermitian matrices can be again presented as a Kronecker product of two matrices and, if so, if it is a product of the Cayley transforms of the two Hermitian matrices. We also study the related question: given two matrices, which matrix under the Cayley transform yields the Kronecker product of their Cayley transforms. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: We show some majorization inequalities and apply them to derive norm, eigenvalue, singular value, and trace inequalities of matrices. We also present a generalization and a different proof of a recent result on majorization concerning partitioned Hermitian positive semidefinite matrices. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The inertia of a Hermitian matrix is defined to be a triplet composed of the numbers of the positive, negative and zero eigenvalues of the matrix counted with multiplicities, respectively. In this paper, we show some basic formulas for inertias of block Hermitian matrices. From these formulas, we derive various equalities and inequalities for inertias of sums, parallel sums, products of Hermitian matrices, submatrices in block Hermitian matrices, differences of outer inverses of Hermitian matrices. As applications, we derive the extremal inertias of the linear matrix expression with respect to a variable Hermitian matrix X. In addition, we give some results on the extremal inertias of Hermitian solutions to the matrix equation , as well as the extremal inertias of a partial block Hermitian matrix. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: In this paper, we obtain some new inequalities by means of the mean inequalities of random variables, which include generalizations of the Greub–Rheinboldt inequality. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]