Theorems and counterexamples on structured matrices
  The subject of Chapter 1 is GKK $\tau$-matrices and related topics. Chapter 2 is devoted to boundedly invertible collections of matrices, with applications to operator norms and spline approximation. Various structured matrices (Toeplitz, Hessenberg, Hankel, Cauchy, and other) are used extensively throughout the thesis. 
Olga Holtz