Determinants of block matrices with noncommuting blocks

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2016.10.004MaRDI QIDQ332648zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nat Sothanaphan

Publication date 8 November 2016

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.06027

zbMATH Keywords

commutativitycommutative ringblock matrixnoncommutative determinant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Commutativity of matrices (15A27)

Abstract: Let $M$ be an $mnimesmn$ matrix over a commutative ring $R$. Divide $M$ into $mimesm$ blocks. Assume that the blocks commute pairwise. Consider the following two procedures: (1) Evaluate the $nimesn$ determinant formula at these blocks to obtain an $mimesm$ matrix, and take the determinant again to obtain an element of $R$; (2) Take the $mnimesmn$ determinant of $M$. It is known that the two procedures give the same element of $R$. We prove that if only certain pairs of blocks of $M$ commute, then the two procedures still give the same element of $R$, for a suitable definition of noncommutative determinants. We also derive from our result further collections of commutativity conditions that imply this equality of determinants, and we prove that our original condition is optimal under a particular constraint.

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