grandes-ecoles 2015 Q6a

grandes-ecoles · France · x-ens-maths__pc Proof Direct Proof of a Stated Identity or Equality
In this part, we consider two real symmetric matrices $A, B \in \mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and their sum $C = A + B$. We denote by $a = s^{\downarrow}(A)$, $b = s^{\downarrow}(B)$ and $c = s^{\downarrow}(C)$.
Show that $$\sum_{i=1}^{n} c_{i} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_{i} + \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_{i}.$$
In this part, we consider two real symmetric matrices $A, B \in \mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and their sum $C = A + B$. We denote by $a = s^{\downarrow}(A)$, $b = s^{\downarrow}(B)$ and $c = s^{\downarrow}(C)$.

Show that
$$\sum_{i=1}^{n} c_{i} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_{i} + \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_{i}.$$