Linear constrainted matrix inequality and the corresponding least squares problem is one of the important research topics in the field of numerical algebra.They have important ap-plications in image reconstruction,the inverse problem of radiation therapy and the matrix optimization problems.In the paper,we studied systematically several kinds of linear constrained matrix inequal-ity and the least squares problems.Described as follows:Problem Ⅰ A ∈ Rm×n,B ∈ Rn×q,C ∈Rm×q are given matrices,the solution X∈S satisfies:AXB ≥ C or minf(X)=‖(C-AXB)+‖Problem Ⅱ A ∈ Rm×n,B ∈ n×pp,C ∈Rm×q,D ∈Rq×p,E ∈m×o are given matrices,the solutions(X,Y)∈ Rn×n × Rq×q satisfies:AXB + CYD>E or min f(X,Y)= ‖(E-AXB-CYD)+‖Problem III A ∈Rm×n,B ∈Rp×n,C ∈ Rm×m,D ∈ Rp×p are given matrices,the solution X ∈Rn×n satisfies:(AXAT,BXBT)≥(C,D)where‖·‖ is Frobenius norm and S denotes a matrix set with linear constraints in Rn×n.In the paper,we study systematically several kinds of linear constrained matrix inequality and the least squares problems in problem Ⅰ-Ⅲ and raise the characterization of the solutions by using the projection theorem and the polar decomposition in Hilbert space.On the basis of the existing algorithm,we propose a modified matrix iteration algorithm for solving problem I-III,and further the convergence analysis of this algorithm is given.Finally,we present several examples to show the correctness of the theoretical results and the feasibility of the iteration method. |