On a variational formulation of the QSVD and the RSVD

Recently, M.T. Chu, R.F, Funderlic and G.H. Golub [SIAM J, Matrix Anal, App l., 18 (1997) 1081-1092] presented a variational formulation for the quotie nt singular value decomposition (QSVD) of two matrices A is an element of R -nxm, C is an element of R-pxm which is a generalization to two matrices of the ordinary singular value decomposition (SVD) and characterizes the role of two orthogonal matrices in QSVD. In this paper, we give an alternative derivation of this variational formulation and extend it to establish an an alogous variational formulation for the Restricted Singular Value Decomposi tion (RSVD) of a matrix triplet A is an element of R-nxm, B is an element o f R-nxl, C is an element of R-pxm, which provides a new understanding of th e orthogonal matrices appearing in this decomposition. (C) 2000 Elsevier Sc ience Inc. hll rights reserved. AMS classification: 65F15; 65H15.