The number of solutions of X^ 2 = 0 in triangular matrices over GF(q)

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Authors Doron Zeilberger, Shalosh B. Ekhad

Publication date 21 July 1996

Published in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9512224, http://www.emis.de/journals/EJC/Volume_3/volume3.html#R2

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic matrix equationtriangular matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrix equations and identities (15A24)

Abstract: We prove an explicit formula for the number of $nimesn$ upper triangular matrices, over $GF(q)$, whose square is the zero matrix. This formula was recently conjectured by Sasha Kirillov and Anna Melnikov[KM].

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Summary: We prove an explicit formula for the number of \(n\times n\) upper triangular matrices, over \(GF (q)\), whose square is the zero matrix. This formula was recently conjectured by Sasha Kirillov and Anna Melnikov.

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