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A real n × n matrix M is said to be a P -matrix if all its principal minors are positive. In a recent paper Chua and Yi [2] described this property in terms of norm: There exists a γ > 0 such that for all nonnegative diagonal matrices D and vectors x , ‖ M x + D x ‖ ≥ γ ‖ x ‖ . In this paper, we introduce a block version of this property for a linear transformation defined on a product of normed or inner product spaces. In addition to relating this to (real) positive stability and positive principal minor properties, we study the invariance of this property by principal subtransformations and Schur complements. We also specialize this property to Z -transformations and to Euclidean Jordan algebras. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In a recent paper [7], Gowda et al. extended Ostrowski–Schneider type inertia results to certain linear transformations on Euclidean Jordan algebras. In particular, they showed that whenever by the min–max theorem of Hirzebruch, where the inertia of an element x in a Euclidean Jordan algebra is defined bywith , , and denoting, respectively, the number of positive, negative, and zero eigenvalues, counting multiplicities. In this paper, we present a Peirce decomposition version of Wimmer’s result [13] and show that it is equivalent to the above result. In addition, we extend Higham and Cheng’s result ([8], Lemma 4.2) to the setting of Euclidean Jordan algebras. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]