Miscellaneous professional contributions of Russell Merris

  • 1. Review of J. A. Dieudonne and J. B. Carrell, Invariant Theory Old and New, Academic Press, NY, 1973: Linear & Multilinear Algebra 1 (1973), 178-180.
  • 2. Review of M. Marcus, Finite Dimensional Multilinear Algebra, Part I, Marcel Dekker, NY, 1973: Linear & Multilinear Algebra 2 (1974), 92-95.
  • 3. Dobinski's formula for the Bell numbers, Notices of the Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (1975), A614-615.*
  • 4. Pattern enumeration and Young diagrams, Notices of the Amer. Math. Soc. 25 (1978), A-571.*
  • 5. Derivations on symmetry classes of tensors and the graph of graphs, Abstracts 4 (1983), 198.*
  • 6. Problem 11, pp 311-312, in C. Greene, ed., Contemporary Mathematics 34, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, 1984.
  • 7. Editor for the special issues of Linear & Multilinear Algebra devoted to Multilinear Algebra and Combinatorics, v. 16 (1984) and v. 18, n. 2 (1985).
  • 8. Extended Review of G. Polya and R. C. Read, Combinatorial Enumeration of Groups, Graphs, and Chemical Compounds, Springer-Verlag, NY, 1987: Amer. Math. Monthly 96 (1989), 269-272.
  • 9. Editor for the special issue of Linear & Multilinear Algebra devoted to Algebraic Graph Theory, v. 28, n. 1-2 (1990).
  • 10. One of three editors for the special issue of Linear Algebra Appl. devoted to Matrix Canonical Forms, v. 147 (1991).
  • 11. One of three editors for the special issue of Linear & Multilinear Algebra devoted to the 1993 Edinburgh Workshop on Algebraic Graph Theory, v. 39, n. 1-2 (1995).
  • 12. Review of R. Bhatia, Matrix Analysis, Springer, NY, 1997: Linear & Multilinear Algebra 45 (1998), 287-289.
  • 13. Review of D. Cvetkovic, P. Rowlinson, and S. Simic, Eigenspaces of Graphs, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997: Image** 21 (1998), 6-7.
  • 14. One of five editors for the special issue of Linear Algebra Appl. honoring the contributions of Graciano N. de Oliveira to linear algebra, v. 401 (2005).
  • 15. Review of R. A. Brualdi, Combinatorial Matrix Classes, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006: SIAM Review 50 (2008), 395-397.

  • * In a breach of protocol, I have published some very brief mathematical notes as if they were abstracts.
  • ** The Bulletin of the International Linear Algebra Society.

    • "Honorable mentions":

  • M. Marcus, Finite Dimensional Multilinear Algebra Part II, Marcel Dekker, NY, 1975. [pp viii & 651]
  • C. R. Johnson and M. Newman, Square roots with positive definite hermitian part, Linear & Multilinear Algebra 8 (1980), 353-355. [p. 355]
  • M. Marcus and B.-Y. Wang, Some variations on the numerical range, Linear & Multilinear Algebra 9 (1980), 111-120. [p. 117]
  • J. A. Dias da Silva, On a conjecture of Russel [sic] Merris (Portuguese), Proc. 8th Portuguese-Spanish Conference, Coimbra, 1981, pp 217-221. [Math Reviews 84a:15007]
  • R. Bhatia, Variations of symmetric tensor powers and permanents, Linear Algebra Appl. 62 (1984), 269-276. [p. 275]
  • J. A. Dias da Silva, On the closed left ideals ..., Portugaliae Math. 39 (1980), 441-453. [p. 452]
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 80e:15013.
  • S. Friedland, Maximality of the monomial group, Linear & Multilinear Algebra 18 (1985), 1-7. [p. 7]
  • R. B. Bapat, Inequalities for mixed Schur functions, Linear Algebra Appl. 83 (1986), 143-149. [CSUH footnote]
  • D. Choudhury, R. Horn, and S. Pierce, Quasi-positive definite operators and matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 99 (1988), 161-176.
  • A. Berman and R. Grone, Bipartite completely positive matrices, Math. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 103 (1988), 269-276. [p. 276]
  • S. Pierce, Immanants of correlation matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 104 (1988), 166-173. [Part of Beasley/Underwood report on Utah conference.]
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 89b:15007.
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 89c:15012.
  • G. H. Chan, Math Reviews 89m: 15021.
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 91c:05128.
  • W. Watkins, Math Reviews 91h:15030.
  • A. Fonseca, A survey of the multilinearity partition, Linear Algebra Appl. 170 (1992), 188-193. [pp 190 & 191]
  • R. A. Horn and C. R. Johnson, Topics in Matrix Analysis, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991. [p. viii]
  • R. A. Brualdi and H. J. Ryser, Combinatorial Matrix Theory, Cambridge Univ. Press 1991. [pp 43 & 352]
  • D. B. West, Discrete Math. Newsletter, v. 1, n. 4 (1991), p. 8.
  • B. Mohar, Laplace eigenvalues of graphs-a survey, Discrete Math. 109 (1992), 171-183. [p. 179]
  • J. R. Stembridge, Some conjectures for immanants, Canad. J. Math. 44 (1992), 1079-1099. [p. 1087]
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 94d:15004.
  • G. Pedrick, A First Course in Analysis, Springer-Verlag, 1994. [p. ix]
  • X. J. Wang, Math Reviews 96e:15033.
  • X. J. Wang, Math Reviews 96f:15011.
  • P. Rowlinson, Math Reviews 97a:05148.
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 97b:05101.
  • R. Grone, Math Reviews 97h:05123.
  • D. J. Klein, Graph geometry, graph metrics and Wiener, Commun. in Math. & Comput. Chem. MATCH 35 (1997), 7-27. [p. 24]
  • M. Goldberg, Morris Newman-a discrete mathematician for all seasons, Linear Algebra Appl. 254 (1997), 7-18. [p. 8]
  • T. Pate, A machine for producing inequalities involving immanants and other generalized matrix functions, Linear Algebra Appl. 254 (1997), 427-466. [p. 429]
  • S. Kirkland and S. Fallat, Perron components and algebraic connectivity for weighted graphs, Linear & Multilinear Algebra 44 (1998), 131-148. [p. 147]
  • H. Moore and A. Yaqub, A First Course in Linear Algebra, 3rd ed., Academic Press, 1998. [p. xi]
  • W. Watkins, Math Reviews 98i:15011.
  • O. Chan and T. K. Lam, Math Reviews 99b:15005.
  • F. Zhang, Schur complements and matrix inequalities in the Lowner ordering, Linear Algebra Appl. 321 (2000), 399-410. [p. 409]
  • Chi-Kwong Li and Alexandru Zaharia, Induced operators on symmetry classes of tensors, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 354 (2001), 834.
  • F. Goldberg and G. Shapiro, The Merris index of a graph, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra 10 (2003), 212-222.
  • G. G. Cash, Immanants and immanantal polynomials of chemical graphs, J. Chem. Inf. & Comp. Sci. 43 (2003), 1942-1946. [p. 1945]
  • Bo-Yin Yang and Yeong-Nan Yeh, Wiener polynomials of some chemically interesting graphs, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry 99 (2004), 80-91. [p. 80]
  • Gi-Sang Cheon and Ian M. Wanless, An update on Minc's survey of open problems involving permanents, Linear Algebra Appl. 403 (2005), 314-342. [p. 338]

    • The Occasional Refereeing Acknowledgement

  • Linear Algebra Appl. 12 (1975), p. CO2.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 15 (1976), p. 293.
  • American Math. Monthly 85 (1978), p. 863.
  • Linear & Multilinear Algebra 7 (1979), 360.
  • Pacific J. Math. 85 (1979), 504.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 28 (1979), 313.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 35 (1981), 297.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 48 (1982), p. 487.
  • College Math. Journal 20 (1989), p. 402.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 100 (1988), p. 12.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 140 (1990), p. 281.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 160 (1992), p. 263.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 200 (1994), p. 14.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 220 (1995), p. 437.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 240 (1996), p. 241.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 260 (1997), p. 326.
  • American Math. Monthly 104 (1997), p. 1011.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 280 (1998), p. 338.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 300 (1999), p. 28.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 320 (2000), p. 219.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 340 (2002), p. 261.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 380 (2004), p. 277.
  • Linear Algebra Appl. 400 (2005), p. 361.