A P-matrix is a real square matrix having every principal minor positive, and a Fischer matrix is a P-matrix that satisfies Fischer's inequality for all principal submatrices. In this paper, all patterns of positions for n × n matrices, n ≤ 4, are classified as to whether or not every partial Π-matrix can be completed to a Π-matrix for Π any of the classes positive P-, nonnegative P-, or Fischer matrices. Also, all symmetric patterns for 5 × 5 matrices are classified as to completion of partial Fischer matrices, and all but 2 such patterns are classified as positive Por nonnegative P-completion. We also show that any pattern whose digraph contains a minimally chordal symmetric-Hamiltonian induced subdigraph does not have Π-completion for Π any of the classes positive P-, nonnegative P-, Fischer matrices.
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