Primitive nonnegative matrix
ID: primitive-nonnegative-matrix
A square nonnegative matrix is primitive if some positive integer power has strictly positive entries. It is therefore an irreducible nonnegative matrix. The Perron–Frobenius theorem gives a leading eigenvalue whose modulus is strictly larger than that of every other eigenvalue. Every strictly positive matrix is primitive; the two-cycle permutation matrix is irreducible but not primitive.
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