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Discontinuity of the Lempert function of the spectral ball

Author(s): Pascal J. Thomas; Nguyen Van Trao
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 138 (2010), 2403-2412.
MSC (2010): Primary 32F45; Secondary 32U35
Posted: February 24, 2010
MathSciNet review: 2607870
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Abstract: We give some further criteria for continuity or discontinuity of the Lempert function of the spectral ball $\Omega_n$ , with respect to one or both of its arguments, in terms of cyclicity of the matrices involved.

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Pascal J. Thomas
Affiliation: Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, Université de Toulouse, UPS, INSA, UT1, UTM, F-31062 Toulouse, France
Email: pthomas@math.univ-toulouse.fr

Nguyen Van Trao
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy str - Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: ngvtrao@yahoo.com

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-10-10269-X
PII: S 0002-9939(10)10269-X
Received by editor(s): March 6, 2009,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 5, 2009
Posted: February 24, 2010
Additional Notes: The initial version of this paper was written during the second author's stay at the Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, with the help of the Formath Vietnam program.
Communicated by: Franc Forstneric
Copyright of article: Copyright 2010, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.

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