Trace identities from identities for determinants

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2004.11.017MaRDI QIDQ2575019zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 5 December 2005

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0411061

zbMATH Keywords

determinantal identitytrace identity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Matrix equations and identities (15A24)

Abstract: We present new identities for determinants of matrices $(A_{i,j})$ with entries $A_{i,j}$ equal to $a_{i,j}$ or $a_{i,0}{a}_{0,j}-a_{i,j}$, where the $a_{i,j}$'s are indeterminates. We show that these identities are behind trace identities for $SL(2,BbbC)$ matrices found earlier by Magnus in his study of trace algebras.

Review text

An infinite family of new trace identities for \(2 \times 2\) matrices \((A_{i,j})\) in which the entries are \(a_{i,j}\) or \(a_{i}a_{j} - a_{i,j}\) is derived. When \(a_i\) is interpreted as the trace of a matrix \(m_i \in \text{SL}(2, \mathbb{C})\) and \(a_{i, j}\) as \(\operatorname{tr}m_{i}m_{j}\), then these identities produce trace identities for the traces tr \(m_{i}m_{j}\) and \(\operatorname{tr} m_{i}m^{-1}_{j}\). These trace identities generalize a certain trace identity of \textit{W. Magnus} [Math. Z. 170, 91--103 (1980; Zbl 0433.20033)] and use a combinatorial expressions as proposed by \textit{D. Zeilberger} [Discrete Math. 56, 61--72 (1985; Zbl 0609.05008)]. An interesting result is obtained in the ``skew-symmetric case showing that the determinant of one of the matrices in the generalization of Magnus's formula factors into the product of the ``even part of a Pfaffian, the ``odd part of a Pfaffian, and a multiplicative constant.

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