On the number of nilpotent matrices with coefficients in a finite field

zbMath0102.01602MaRDI QIDQ774511

Murray Gerstenhaber

Publication date: 1961

Published in: Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

linear algebra, polynomials, forms, theory of invariants

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