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Rayleigh-Residual Flow I: Normal Matrices

Sep 2026 · 0 citations · 10 references
Mathematics Computer Science

Abstract

We study the squared Rayleigh-residual functional on complex projective space and its negative gradient flow. For an arbitrary complex matrix, every positive-residual critical point has a strictly descending tangent direction; consequently, the local minima are precisely the eigenlines. For normal matrices, we describe the critical set in terms of circles through spectral points and identify the amplitude dynamics with a replicator equation whose payoff matrix has rank at most four. This gives explicit logarithmic first integrals and a reduced representation of interior trajectories. We compute transverse escape rates near critical components and analyze how polynomial reweighting changes unstable coordinates. Finally, we distinguish local saddle trapping from concentration of Haar-distributed initial states and derive the density of the filtered ensemble. Numerical examples with random spectra and a Jordan block illustrate convergence, nonmonotone Rayleigh motion, and the improvement of finite-time spectral exploration by low-degree random polynomial filters.

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