The consistency and the general common solution to some quaternion matrix equations (Q6040507)

The authors study the following system of five quaternion linear matrix equations \[ \begin{cases} AX = B,\\ XC = D,\\ A_1 X B_1 = C_1, \\ A_2 X B_2 = C_2, \\ A_3 X B_3 = C_3, \\ \end{cases} \] where \(X\) is the unknown matrix, while all the other matrices are given. After reviewing some definitions of quaternions and some general results about matrix equations, the authors use the Moore-Penrose inverses and the ranks of the involved matrices to present some new necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the general solution to this system. They also present an expression for this solution when the system is solvable. Then a numerical algorithm is given and a numerical example to illustrate the main results is considered in detail. Additionally, the authors consider a special case of the solution in the case of \(\eta\)-Hermitian matrices. Let us recall that a quaternion matrix \(A\) is said to be \(\eta\)-Hermitian for \(\eta \in \{\mathbf i, \mathbf j, \mathbf k\}\) if \(A=-\eta A^* \eta\). In this case, some solvability conditions are derived and an expression for the solution is given.