High-contrast homogenization: Setup.SpectralBound #
Imported from the Apache-2.0 HighContrastHomogenization development at commit
7a13dbcd8d6609264a713373f5c69ceeac870472.
The scalar Loewner bound and the positive semidefinite square root #
The reference text writes |M| for the spectral norm of a symmetric positive
semidefinite matrix and m^{1/2} for the positive square root. This file proves
that the encodings specBound and matSqrt are those objects: specBound M is
the least t ≥ 0 with M ≤ t I, and matSqrt M is the positive semidefinite
square root, independently of the choice made in its definition.
specBound M is a lower bound for the admissible scalar Loewner bounds.
The scalar Loewner order between multiples of the identity.
Every matrix admits a scalar Loewner bound, so the infimum defining
specBound is taken over a nonempty set.
specBound M is itself an admissible scalar Loewner bound.
specBound characterization. specBound M is the least nonnegative t
with M ≤ t I; on symmetric positive semidefinite data this is the norm |M| of
the reference text.
The positive semidefinite square root #
The positive semidefinite square root exists on positive semidefinite data.
The positive semidefinite square root is unique.
Specification of matSqrt on positive semidefinite data.
matSqrt is independent of the choice made in its definition: it is the
unique positive semidefinite square root.
Junk guards on the contrast constants #
The intrinsic contrast is nonnegative, junk branch included.
The intrinsic contrast is a lower bound for the admissible Loewner scalings.
Λ_0 is nonnegative, junk branch included.
The reference aspect ratio is nonnegative, so the logarithm of
2 + Π K in the entry theorem is taken at an argument at least 2.