Eventual periodicity of the Smith forms of integer matrix powers

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2026.06.014MaRDI QIDQ7313446zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Vanni Noferini

Publication date 13 August 2026

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LAA.2026.06.014

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices, determinants in number theory (11C20) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

Review text

The author solves a conjecture posed by \textit{R. R. Brunner} [MathOverflow post, \url{https://mathoverflow.net/questions/131373/smith-normal-form-of-powers-of-a-matrix} (2013)] concerning the periodicity of the Smith form of a matrix. Namely, denoting by \(\mathrm{SF}(M)\) the Smith form of a square integer matrix \(M\), he proves that there exist a natural number \(n_0\), a positive integer \(T\), and a scalar integer matrix \(D\) such that for any \(n\geq n_0\) we have \(\mathrm{SF}(A^{n+T})=D\cdot\mathrm{SF}(A^n)\).

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