RT Journal Article T1 Positive bidiagonal factorization of tetradiagonal Hessenberg matrices A1 Branquinho, Amílcar A1 Foulquié Moreno, Ana A1 Mañas Baena, Manuel Enrique AB 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. PB Elsevier SN 0024-3795 YR 2023 FD 2023-11-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102905 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102905 LA eng NO Branquinho, A., Foulquié-Moreno, A., & Mañas, M. (2023). Positive bidiagonal factorization of tetradiagonal Hessenberg matrices. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 677, 132-160. NO 2023 Acuerdos transformativos CRUE NO Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) NO Universidade de Coimbra NO Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Matemática e Aplicações (CIDMA) NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) NO Agencia Estatal deInvestigación (España) DS Docta Complutense RD 25 feb 2026