Nonsingularity of linear combinations of idempotent matrices (Q1883303)
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Nonsingularity of linear combinations of idempotent matrices (English)
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4 October 2004
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The authors show that, for idempotent \(n\times n\) complex matrices \(P_1\) and \(P_2\), the nonsingularity of \(P_1+P_2\) is equivalent to the nonsingularity of \(c_1P_1+c_2P_2\), where \(c_1\) and \(c_2\) are nonzero complex numbers satisfying \(c_1+c_2\neq0\).
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oblique projector
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difference of projectors
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sum of projectors
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linear combination of projectors
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