Directed maximal partial orders of matrices. (Q1414693)

The paper deals with directed maximal partial orders of matrices. It is shown that a directed maximal partial order on the full real matrix algebra is precisely a partial order the positive cone of which coincides with \(\Pi(O)\), the set of all matrices preserving some full cone \(O\). More specifically, the author prove that if \(O\) is a full cone, then \(O\) is a minimal full \(\Pi(O)\)-invariant cone and a maximal \(\Pi(O)\)-invariant cone. In addition, he prove that if \(O\) and \(O^{\prime}\) are full \(\Pi(O)\)-invariant cones, then \(O^{\prime}=O\) or \(O^{\prime}=-O\).