Note on nonnegative matrices

Abstract
Let A A be a nonnegative square matrix and B = D 1 A D 2 B = {D_1}A{D_2} where D 1 {D_1} and D 2 {D_2} are diagonal matrices with positive diagonal entries. Several proofs are known for the following theorem: If A A is fully indecomposable then D 1 {D_1} and D 2 {D_2} can be chosen so that B B is doubly stochastic. Moreover, D 1 {D_1} and D 2 {D_2} are unique up to a scalar factor. It is shown that these results can be easily obtained by considering a minimum of a certain rational function of several variables.

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