Commuting maps on rank-k matrices

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Abstract: Let ngeq2 be a natural number. Let Mn(mathbbK) be the ring of all nimesn matrices over a field mathbbK. Fix natural number k satisfying 1<kleqn. Under a mild technical assumption over mathbbK we will show that additive maps G:Mn(mathbbK)oMn(mathbbK) such that [G(x),x]=0 for every rank-k matrix xinMn(mathbbK) are of form lambdax+mu(x), where lambdainZ, mu:Mn(mathbbK)oZ, and Z stands for the center of Mn(mathbbK). Furthermore, we shall see an example that there are additive maps such that [G(x),x]=0 for all rank-1 matrices that are not of the form lambdax+mu(x). We will also discuss the m-additive case.


Let \(n\geq 2\) be a natural number. Let \(M_{n}(\mathbb K)\) be the ring of all \(n\times n\) matrices over a field \(\mathbb K\). Fix a natural number \(k\) satisfying \(1<k\leq n\). Under a mild technical assumption over \(\mathbb K\) the author shows that additive maps \(G:M_{n}(\mathbb K)\to M_{n}(\mathbb K)\) such that \([G(x),x]=0\) for every rank-\(k\) matrix \(x\in M_{n}(\mathbb K)\) are of the form \(\lambda x+\mu (x)\), where \(\lambda \in Z, \mu :M_{n}(K)\to Z\), and \(Z\) stands for the center of \(M_{n}(\mathbb K)\). Furthermore, he presents an example that there are additive maps such that \([G(x),x]=0\) for all rank-1 matrices that are not of the form \(\lambda x+\mu (x)\).




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