Pairs of mutually annihilating operators (Q957998)

The authors give a constructive proof for the problem of classifying pairs \((A, B)\) of mutually annihilating matrices \(AB=BA=0\) over any field. The matrices are sequentially reduced to their canonical form by similarity transformations \((A, B)\mapsto (S^{-1}AS, S^{-1}BS)\). The work is based on the classification of mutually annihilating operators over any field by \textit{L. A. Nazarova, A. V. Roiter, V. V. Sergeichuk} and \textit{V. M. Bondarenko} [J. Sov. Math. 3, 636--653 (1975); translation from Zap. Nauchn. Semin. Leningr. Otd. Mat. Inst. Steklova 28, 69--92 (1972; Zbl 0346.13005)].