Positive bidiagonal factorization of tetradiagonal Hessenberg matrices

Abstract

Recently, a spectral Favard theorem was presented for bounded banded lower Hessenberg matrices that possess a positive bidiagonal factorization. The paper establishes conditions, expressed in terms of continued fractions, under which an oscillatory tetradiagonal Hessenberg matrix can have such a positive bidiagonal factorization. Oscillatory tetradiagonal Toeplitz matrices are examined as a case study of matrices that admit a positive bidiagonal factorization. Furthermore, the paper proves that oscillatory banded Hessenberg matrices are organized in rays, where the origin of the ray does not have a positive bidiagonal factorization, but all the interior points of the ray do have such a positive bidiagonal factorization.