Elements of trace zero that are not commutators (Q4487372)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1463251
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Elements of trace zero that are not commutators (English)
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9 November 2000
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commutators of matrices
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traceless matrices
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It is well known that if \(k\) is a field then every traceless matrix in \(M_n(k)\) equals the commutator of two matrices. Some generalisations of this classical result can be found in \textit{S.~A.~ Amitsur} and \textit{L.~H.~ Rowen} [Isr. J. Math. 87, No. 1-3, 161-179 (1994; Zbl 0852.16012)]. The authors of the paper under review construct examples of matrices over a commutative ring that are traceless but nevertheless they are not commutators. It is shown further that for the matrix algebra of order two over a PID, the traceless matrices are indeed commutators. Some partial results in this direction, concerning Azumaya algebras, are obtained as well.
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