Generalized inverses over integral domains. II: Group inverses and Drazin inverses (Q755832)

This is a continuation of an earlier paper by the authors [ibid. 140, 181--196 (1990; Zbl 0712.15004)] on generalized inverses over integral domains. The main results consist of necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a group inverse, a new formula for a group inverse when it exists, and necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a Drazin inverse. The authors show that a square matrix \(A\) of rank \(r\) over an integral domain \({\mathcal R}\) has a group inverse if and only if the sum of all \(r\times r\) principal minors of \(A\) is an invertible element of \({\mathcal R}\). They also show that when it exists, the group inverse of \(A\) is a polynomial in \(A\) with coefficients from \({\mathcal R}\).