NNI-Form Quark Mass Matrix Expressed by the Observable Quantities

It is pointed out that the phase convention of the CKM matrix V affects texture analysis of the quark mass matrices (Mu,Md) when we try to describe (Mu,Md) by the observable quantities (quark masses and CKM matrix parameters) only. This is demonstrated for a case of non-Hermitian Fritzsch-type mass matrix [Formula: see text], which is a general expression of quark mass matrix (Mu,Md) and is described by 12 parameters. We find that we can always choose a phase convention of V which yields [Formula: see text], so that the remaining ten parameters in [Formula: see text], can be completely expressed by the ten observable quantities.