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Linear AlgebraSuperchallengeSingular Values & the SVD

Singular Values & the SVD · Superchallenge problem

A real 4×44\times 4 matrix AA has singular values 66, 44, 33 and 11. A 4×34\times 3 matrix BB is formed by deleting one column of AA. Over all such AA and all choices of the deleted column, find the smallest possible value of σ1(B)σ2(B)σ3(B)\sigma_1(B)\sigma_2(B)\sigma_3(B).