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Non-negative integral matrices with given spectral radius and controlled dimension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2021

MEHDI YAZDI*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK

Abstract

A celebrated theorem of Douglas Lind states that a positive real number is equal to the spectral radius of some integral primitive matrix, if and only if, it is a Perron algebraic integer. Given a Perron number p, we prove that there is an integral irreducible matrix with spectral radius p, and with dimension bounded above in terms of the algebraic degree, the ratio of the first two largest Galois conjugates, and arithmetic information about the ring of integers of its number field. This arithmetic information can be taken to be either the discriminant or the minimal Hermite-like thickness. Equivalently, given a Perron number p, there is an irreducible shift of finite type with entropy $\log (p)$ defined as an edge shift on a graph whose number of vertices is bounded above in terms of the aforementioned data.

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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