Completion of a partial integral matrix to a unimodular matrix (Q819787)
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Completion of a partial integral matrix to a unimodular matrix (English)
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29 March 2006
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The paper deals with unimodular matrix completion problem, that is, when a partial integral matrix has a unimodular matrix completion. Given an \(n \times n\) integral unimodular matrix \(A\), the author characterizes submatrices of \(A\) via the number of invariant factors equal to 1. By using the above characterization, he proves that if \(n\) entries of an \(n \times n\) partial integral matrix are prescribed and these entries do not constitute a row or a column, then this matrix can be completed to a unimodular matrix. As a trivial consequence, every \(n \times n\) partial integral matrix with \(n-1\) prescribed entries has a unimodular matrix completion.
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Partial matrix
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integral matrix
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unimodular matrix completion problem
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