On bilinear maps determined by rank one matrices with some applications (Q624539): Difference between revisions

This paper was inspired by recently appeared several papers which describe bilinear maps on algebras through their action on elements whose products are zero. Let \(M_n\) be the algebra of all \(n\times n\) matrices over a field \(F\), \(A\) a rank one matrix in \(M_n\). The authors show that if a bilinear map \(\phi\), from \(M_n\times M_n\) to \(M_n\) satisfies the condition that \(\phi(u,v)= \phi(I,A)\) whenever \(u\cdot v= A\), then there exists a linear map \(\varphi\) from \(M_n\) to \(M_n\) such that \(\phi(x,y)= \varphi(x\cdot y)\), \(\forall x\), \(y\in M\). If \(\phi\) is further assumed to be symmetric then there exists a matrix \(B\) such that \(\phi(x,y)= \text{tr}(xy)B\) for all \(x,y\in M_n\). Applying the main result the paper proves that if a linear map on \(M_n\) is desirable at a rank one matrix then it is a derivation, and if an invertible linear map on \(M_n\) is automorphizable at a rank one matrix then it is an automorphism. In other words, each rank one matrix in \(M_n\) is an all-desirable point and an all-automorphizable point, respectively.