Model-updating for self-adjoint quadratic eigenvalue problems

This paper concerns quadratic matrix functions of the form L(λ) = Mλ2 +Dλ+K where M,D,K are Hermitian n× n matrices with M > 0. It is shown how new systems of the same type can be generated with some eigenvalues and/or eigenvectors updated and this is accomplished without “spill-over” (i.e. other spectral data remain undisturbed). Furthermore, symmetry is preserved. The methods also apply for Hermitian matrix polynomials of higher degree. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. AMS classification: Primary 74A15; Secondary 15A29