Xingzhi Zhan

Professor of Mathematics

Office: Room 323, Math. Building
Tel: 86-21-54342646-323
Fax: 86-21-54342609
Email: zhan@math.ecnu.edu.cn
Mailing: Department of Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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CV
  • Education
    • B.S: Jingzhou Normal College, July 1986
    • M.S: East China Normal University, July 1993
    • Ph.D: Fudan University, July 1996
  • Working Experiences
    • 1996.07 - 2000.02, Peking University, Beijing, Postdoctoral Fellow, Associate Professor
    • 2000.02 - 2002.02, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
    • 2002.02 - 2003.02, Peking University, Beijing, Associate Professor
    • 2003.02 - 2005.10, East China Normal University, Shanghai, Professor
    • 2005.10 - 2006.08, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Visiting Scholar
    • 2006.08 -                 East China Normal University, Shanghai, Professor

Research Interests  
  • Graph Theory: Longest cycle, longest path, spanning tree, distance, diameter, radius, center, periphery,
    independence number, domination number, connectivity, chromatic number
  • Matrix Theory: Singular values, eigenvalues, unitarily invariant norms, nonnegative matrices, sign patterns,
    0-1 matrices, matrix inequalities, operator monotone functions, unitary (orthogonal) orbits,
    completion of partial matrices

Publications  
  • Books
    • Matrix Inequalities, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1790, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2002. Cover
    • Matrix Theory, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 147, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 2013. Cover
  • Papers
    • On a question of P. R. Halmos,
      Linear and Multilinear Algebra 39 (1995), no.3, 255--258
    • Computing the extremal positive definite solutions of a matrix equation,
      SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 17 (1996), no. 5, 1167--1174
    • (with J. Xie) On the matrix equation X+A^TX^{-1}A=I,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 247 (1996), 337--345
    • Inequalities for the singular values of Hadamard products,
      SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 18 (1997), no. 4, 1093--1095
    • (with E. Jiang) Lower bounds for the spread of a Hermitian matrix,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 256 (1997), 153--163
    • Inequalities involving Hadamard products and unitarily invariant norms,
      Adv. in Math. (China) 27 (1998), no. 5, 416--422
    • Inequalities for unitarily invariant norms,
      SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 20 (1998), no. 2, 466--470
    • (with T. Ando) Norm inequalities related to operator monotone functions,
      Math. Ann. 315 (1999), no. 4, 771--780
    • (with R. A. Horn) Inequalities for C-S seminorms and Lieb functions,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 291 (1999), 103--113
    • Norm inequalities for Cartesian decompositions,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 286 (1999), 297--301
    • Singular values of differences of positive semidefinite matrices,
      SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 22 (2000), no.3, 819--823
    • Some research problems on the Hadamard product and singular values of matrices,
      Linear and Multilinear Algebra 47 (2000), no.2, 191--194
    • (with R. Bhatia) Compact operators whose real and imaginary parts are positive,
      Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), no.8, 2277--2281
    • Linear preservers that permute the entries of a matrix,
      Amer. Math. Monthly 108 (2001), no.7, 643--645
    • Span of the orthogonal orbit of real matrices,
      Linear and Multilinear Algebra 49 (2001), 337--346
    • (with F. Ding) On the unitary orbit of complex matrices,
      SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 23 (2001) no.2, 511--516
    • (with F. Hiai) Inequalities involving unitarily invariant norms and operator monotone functions,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 341(2002), 151--169
    • The sharp Rado theorem for majorizations,
      Amer. Math. Monthly 110(2003), 152--153
    • (with R. Bhatia) Norm inequalities for operators with positive real part,
      J. Operator Theory 50(2003), 67--76
    • On some matrix inequalities,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 376(2004), 299--303
    • (with F. Hiai) Submultiplicativity vs subadditivity for unitarily invariant norms,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 377(2004), 155--164
    • On singular numbers of tau-measurable operators,
      J. of Shanghai University, Special issue dedicated to the 70th birthday of Professor Erxiong Jiang, 8(2004), no.4, 444--447
    • (with Q. Hu and Y. Li) Possible numbers of ones in 0-1 matrices with a given rank,
      Linear and Multilinear Algebra 53(2005), no.6, 435--443 pdf file
    • Formulae for sums of consecutive square roots,
      Math. Intelligencer 27(2005), no.4, 4--5 pdf file
    • Extremal eigenvalues of real symmetric matrices with entries in an interval ,
      SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 27(2006), no. 3, 851--860 pdf file
    • Completion of a partial integral matrix to a unimodular matrix,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 414(2006), 373--377 pdf file
    • (with L. Qiu) On the span of Hadamard products of vectors,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 422(2007), 304--307 pdf file
    • Extremal numbers of positive entries of imprimitive nonnegative matrices,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 424(2007), 132--138 pdf file
    • Open problems in matrix theory,
      in Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, Vol. I, edited by L. Ji, K. Liu, L. Yang and S.-T. Yau, Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2008, 367--382 pdf file
    • (with R.A. Brualdi and P. Pei) An extremal sparsity property of the Jordan canonical form,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 429(2008), 2367--2372 pdf file
    • (with R.A. Brualdi and Z. Huang) Singular, nonsingular, and bounded rank completions of ACI-matrices,
      Linear Algebra Appl. 433(2010), 1452--1462 pdf file
    • (with Z. Huang) Digraphs that have at most one walk of a given length with the same endpoints,
      Discrete Math., 311(2011), 70--79. pdf file
    • (with Z. Huang) ACI-matrices all of whose completions have the same rank,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 434 (2011), 1956--1967. pdf file
    • (with Z. Huang) Extremal digraphs whose walks with the same initial and terminal vertices have distinct lengths,
      Discrete Math., 312(2012), 2203--2213. pdf file
    • (with Z. Huang) Partial matrices all of whose completions have the same spectrum,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 436(2012), 3061--3064. pdf file
    • (with C. Ma) Extremal sparsity of the companion matrix of a polynomial,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 438(2013), 621--625. pdf file
    • (with C. Ma) Inverse invariant zero¨Cnonzero patterns,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 443(2014), 184--190. pdf file
    • (with Z. Huang) Nonsymmetric normal entry patterns with the maximum number of distinct indeterminates,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 485(2015), 359--371. pdf file
    • (with S. Kirkland and P. Qiao) Algebraically positive matrices,
      Linear Algebra Appl., 504(2016), 14--26. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) On vertex types of graphs,
      Graph Combin., 34(2018), 889--900. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) The maximum girth and minimum circumference of graphs with prescribed radius and diameter,
      Discrete Math., 341(2018), 2827--2830. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) The largest graphs with given order and diameter: A simple proof,
      Graphs Combin., 35(2019), 1715--1716. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) The minimum number of Hamilton cycles in a hamiltonian threshold graph of a prescribed order,
      J. Graph Theory, 93(2020), 222--229. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) Pairs of a tree and a nontree graph with the same status sequence,
      Discrete Math., 343(2020), no.2, article number 111662. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) The diameter and radius of radially maximal graphs,
      Bull. Aust. Math. Soc., 104(2021), no.2, 196-202. pdf file
    • (with Y. Hu) Possible cardinalities of the center of a graph,
      Bull. Malays. Math. Soc., 44(2021), no.6, 3629-3636. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) On a problem of Erdos about graphs whose size is the Turan number plus one,,
      Bull. Aust. Math. Soc., 105(2022), no.2, 177-187. pdf file
    • (with Y. Hu) Regular homogeneously traceable nonhamiltonian graphs,,
      Discrete Appl. Math., 310(2022), 60-64. pdf file
    • (with P. Vrana and L. Zhang) Every 3-connected claw-free graph with domination number at most 3 is hamiltonian-connected,,
      Discrete Math., 345(2022), no.8, Paper No. 112909. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) The relation between the number of leaves of a tree and its diameter,,
      Czechoslovak Math. J., 72(2022), no.2, 365-369. pdf file
    • The maximum degree of a minimally hamiltonian-connected graph,,
      Discrete Math., 345(2022), no.12, Paper No. 113159. pdf file
    • (with Y. Hu) On almost self-centered graphs and almost peripheral graphs,,
      Taiwanese J. Math., 26(2022), no.5, 887-901. pdf file
    • (with L. Zhang) The maximum size of a nonhamiltonian graph with given order and connectivity,,
      Discrete Math., 346(2023), no.1, Paper No. 113208. pdf file
    • (with P. Qiao) Two-degree trees,
      J. East China Norm. Univ. Natur. Sci. Ed., 2023, no. 2, 1¨C4. pdf file
    • (with Y. Hu and L. Zhang) Graphs with many independent vertex cuts,
      Graphs Combin., 40 (2024), no. 4, Paper No. 83. pdf file
    • A conjecture generalizing Thomassen's chord conjecture in graph theory,
      Bull. Iranian Math. Soc., 50 (2024), no. 5, Paper No. 69. pdf file
    • The minimum number of detours in graphs,
      Australas. J. Combin., 90 (2024), 85¨C93. pdf file
    • A sufficient condition for pancyclic graphs,
      to appear in Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. pdf file
    • (with Y. Hu) On the metric subgraphs of a graph,
      arXiv 2112.10395, 20 December 2021 pdf file
    • (with J. Yan) The Turan number of book graphs,
      arxiv: 2010.09973v2, 25 April 2021 pdf file

Professional Service  
  • Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Associate Editor (2007 -- )
  • Linear and Multilinear Algebra, Member of Editorial Board (2009 -- 2013)
  • Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, Associate Editor (2011 -- 2013)

Invited Talks  
  • Recent invited talks
    • A sufficient condition for pancyclic graphs,   pdf file
      Conference on Algebraic Graph Theory, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China, November 22-24, 2024
    • Results and problems on longest paths in a graph,   pdf file
      The 11th Conference on Graph Theory and Combinatorial Optimization, Nankai Uinversity, Tianjin, China, October 3-5, 2024
    • Homogeneously traceable graphs and minimally hamiltonian-connected graphs,   pdf file
      The 4th Hefei Conference on Advances in Graphs and Combinatorics, Anhui University, Heifei£¬China£¬ March 29-31£¬2024
  • Invited plenary talks
    • Extremal sparsity property of the Jordan canonical form,   pdf file
      The 8th conference of China matrix theory and applications, Taiyuan Normal University, Taiyuan, China, July 16-18, 2008
    • On nonnegative imprimitive matrices,   pdf file
      The 7th conference of China matrix theory and applications, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China, July 17-20, 2006
    • Extremal eigenvalues of real symmetric matrices with entries in an interval,   pdf file
      The 12th conference of the International Linear Algebra Society, University of Regina, Canada, June 26-29, 2005
    • Submultiplicativity vs subadditivity for unitarily invariant norms,
      The 6th conference of China matrix theory and applications, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, China, July 18-20, 2004
    • On the unitary orbit of complex matrices,
      The 5th conference of China matrix theory and applications, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, August 14-18, 2002
    • Inequalities for unitarily invariant norms,
      The 3rd conference of China matrix theory and applications, Zhang Jia Jie, China, August 8-13, 1998
  • Invited 45-minute talk
    • Open Problems in Matrix Theory,   pdf file
      The 4th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Dec. 17-22, 2007
  • Invited 40-minute talk
    • Sparsity of matrix canonical forms,   pdf file
      The 6th Asian Mathematical Conference, Busan, Korea, June 30-July 4, 2013
  • Invited ILAS lecture
    • Unsolved Matrix Problems,   pdf file
      Advanced Workshop on Trends and Developments in Linear Algebra, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, July 6-10, 2009
  • Invited 30-minute talk
    • Digraphs that have at most one walk of a given length with the same endpoints,   pdf file
      The 4th National Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Graph Theory, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou, China, August 22-25, 2010
    • Extremal digraphs whose walks with the same initial and terminal vertices have distinct lengths,   pdf file
      Workshop on Positive Matrices and Operators: Recent Developments and Advances, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, June 24-28, 2012
    • Extremal sparsity of the companion matrix of a polynomial,   pdf file
      International Workshop on Matrices and Operators, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, July 15-18, 2013

Teaching  
  • Courses
    • Spring semester 2016:
      Linear Algebra II (undergraduate), Modern Graph Theory (graduate),
      Combinatorics and Graph Theory (graduate), Seminar on Structures of Graphs (graduates).
    • Autumn semester 2016:
      Matrix Theory (graduate), Seminar on Cycles and Paths of Graphs
  • Former PhD students
    • Rong Huang (2008), Maozhong Fang (2008), Honglin Wu (2009), Zejun Huang (2011), Jin Zhong (2012),
      Yun Zhang (2014), Chao Ma (2014), Pu Qiao (2019), Yanan Hu (2023), Jingru Yan (2023), Leilei Zhang (2024)

Hobbies  
  • Music, literature, table tennis, friendship, . . .

        Last updated on October 24, 2024