The maximal and minimal ranks of some expressions of generalized inverses of matrices (Q1849326)

Maximal and minimal ranks of the matrix expression \(A-BXC\) with respect to \(X\) are determined. Using these results the maximal and minimal ranks of \(AA^-- A^-A\), \(BB^-A- AC^-C\), and \(B^-BA- ACC^-\) with respect to the choice of generalized inverses \(A^-\), \(B^-\), and \(C^-\) are found. Commutativity of \(A\) and \(A^-\), then \(A^k\) and \(A^-\), rank equalities for idempotent matrices, and maximal and minimal ranks of \(AA^- BB^-\) are discussed.