NANov 23, 2015
On the condition of characteristic polynomialsPeter Buergisser, Felipe Cucker, Elisa Rocha Cardozo
We prove that the expectation of the logarithm of the condition number of each of the zeros of the characteristic polynomial of a complex standard Gaussian matrix is $Ω(n)$. This may provide an explanation for the common wisdom in numerical linear algebra that advises against computing eigenvalues via root-finding for characteristic polynomials.