TY - JOUR ID - ŠtoudkováRůžičková2024 LB - ŠtoudkováRůžičková2024 AU - Štoudková Růžičková, Viera TI - Symmetric 2×2 matrix functions with order preserving property ST - Symmetric 2×2 matrix functions with order preserving property JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2024 VL - 44 IS - 6 SP - 853 EP - 882 DO - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2024.44.6.853 UR - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2024.44.6.853 AB - It is known that the discrete matrix Riccati equation has the order preserving property under some assumptions. In this paper we formulate and prove the converse statement for the case when the dimensions of the matrices are \(2 \times 2\) and the order preserving property holds for all such symmetric matrices. KW - Riccati matrix equation KW - order preserving property KW - symmetric matrix function SN - 1232-9274 ER -