On the Drazin inverses involving power commutativity (Q631866)

The Drazin inverse of a square matrix \(A\), denoted by \(A^D\), is the unique matrix \(X\) that satisfies \(A^{k+1}X = A^k,~XAX = X,~ AX=XA\), where \(k\) is the index of \(A\). \textit{M. P. Drazin} [Am. Math. Mon. 65, 506--514 (1958; Zbl 0083.02901)] proved that \((P+Q)^D = P^D + Q^D\) whenever \(PQ=QP=0\). Several generalizations of this result have been provided over the years. The author of the paper under review presents two other extensions, the first one giving a formula for \((P-Q)^D\) (under the condition that \(PQ=Q^mP\) for some \(m \geq 2\)) and the second one presenting conditions under which \(P \pm Q\) is Drazin invertible (under the assumption that \(PQ=Q^mP\) and \(QP=P^nQ\) for some \(m,n \geq 2\)). The expressions for the Drazin inverse, given in terms of \(P,Q,P^D\) and \(Q^D\), are too complicated to be included here.