On a solution of the quaternion matrix equation \(X-A \widetilde{X} B=C\) and its application (Q2581170)

The authors study the solvability and explicit representation by means of a characteristic polynomial of the solution to the matrix equation \(X-AXB=C\). Then they study solvability of the matrix equation \((*)\) \(X-A\widetilde{X}B=C\) where if \(x=a+bi+cj+dk\) is a quaternion (\(i^2=j^2=k^2=-1\), \(ij=-ji=k\)), then \(\widetilde{x}=a-bi+cj-dk\). To solve equation \((*)\) explicitly a real representation of quaternion matrices is used. The results are applied to the resolution of the matrix equation \(X-A\overline{X}B=C\) where \(\overline{X}\) is the complex conjugate of \(X\).