Computing Left Eigenvalues of Quaternion Matrices
Abstract
We present a practical Newton-based method for computing left eigenvalues of quaternion matrices. It uses only standard real/complex linear-algebra kernels via embeddings and applies to matrices of any size. Extensive tests on literature examples and benchmark ensembles, together with a compact MATLAB reference implementation, demonstrate reproducible, certificate-based computations up to size 64x64, including the detection of multiple spherical components and non-generic phenomena such as more than n isolated left eigenvalues and left-spectrum deficiency.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Matrix Theory and Algorithms
Algebraic and Geometric Analysis
Polynomial and algebraic computation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint