The \(q\)-binomial theorem and spectral symmetry (Q2367451)

If \(T_ 1\) and \(T_ 2\) are complex matrices such that \(T_ 2T_ 1=qT_ 1T_ 2\), then we have the binomial expansion \((T_ 1+T_ 2)^ n=\sum^ n_{k=0}\alpha_{n,k}(q)T^ k_ 1T^{n-k}_ 2\), where \(\alpha_{n,k}(q)\) are polynomials in \(q\) satisfying some properties. By using this result, the authors obtain the following theorem: Let \(X\) be a \(p\times p\) block matrix having a special form (the nonzero blocks are on the upper-parallel to the main diagonal and in the left bottom corner), \(Y\) a block diagonal matrix \((R,\omega R,\dots,\omega^{p-1}R)\), where \(\omega\) is the primitive \(p\)th root of unity, and \(Z=X+Y\). Then the spectrum of \(Z\) is \(p\)-Carrollian, i.e. it can be enumerated as \((\lambda_ 1,\dots,\lambda_ r,\omega\lambda_ 1,\dots,\omega \lambda_ r,\dots,\omega^{p-1}\lambda_ 1,\dots,\omega^{p- 1}\lambda_ r)\).