Graphical description of group inverses of certain bipartite matrices (Q1044582)

The authors gave a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the group inverse of a certain bipartite matrix, and an explicit formula for the group inverse in terms of its block submatrices. This form is used to derive a graph-theoretic description of the entries of the group inverse of some examples of such a matrix, including those corresponding to broom graphs. The authors also show that if the group inverse of a nonnegative matrix corresponding to a broom graph exists, then this group inverse is signed. An open question about group inverses of more general bipartite matrices is posed and a summary of cases for which its answer is known is given.