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A complete description of 4-by-4 matrices $begin{bmatrix}alpha I & C D & beta Iend{bmatrix}$, with scalar 2-by-2 diagonal blocks, for which the numerical range is the convex hull of two non-concentric ellipses is given. This result is obtained by reduction to the leading special case in which $C-D^*$ also is a scalar multiple of the identity. In particular cases when in addition $alpha-beta$ is real or pure imaginary, the results take an especially simple form. An application to reciprocal matrices is provided.
The 4-by-4 nilpotent matrices the numerical ranges of which have non-parallel flat portions on their boundary that are on lines equidistant from the origin are characterized. Their numerical ranges are always symmetric about a line through the origin
The higher rank numerical ranges of generic matrices are described in terms of the components of their Kippenhahn curves. Cases of tridiagonal (in particular, reciprocal) 2-periodic matrices are treated in more detail.
This note is to indicate the new sphere of applicability of the method developed by Mlak as well as by the author. Restoring those ideas is summoned by current developments concerning $K$-spectral sets on numerical ranges.
The notion of dichotomous matrices is introduced as a natural generalization of essentially Hermitian matrices. A criterion for arrowhead matrices to be dichotomous is established, along with necessary and sufficient conditions for such matrices to b
The center of mass of an operator $A$ (denoted St($A$), and called in this paper as the {em Stampfli point} of A) was introduced by Stampfli in his Pacific J. Math (1970) paper as the unique $lambdainmathbb C$ delivering the minimum value of the norm