Spaces of matrices with a sole eigenvalue

DOI10.1080/03081087.2011.654118zbMATH Open1260.15027arXiv1105.1872OpenAlexW3101369588MaRDI QIDQ3143324FDOQ3143324

Clément de Seguins Pazzis

Publication date: 29 November 2012

Published in: Linear and Multilinear Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let K be an arbitrary (commutative) field and L be an algebraic closure of it. Let V be a linear subspace of M_n(K), with n>2. We show that if every matrix of V has at most one eigenvalue in K, then dim V<=1+n(n-1)/2. If every matrix of V has a sole eigenvalue in L and dim V=1+n(n-1)/2, we show that V is similar to the space of all upper-triangular matrices with equal diagonal entries, except if n=3 and K has characteristic 3, or if n=4 and K has characteristic 2. In both of those special cases, we classify the exceptional solutions up to similarity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1872

zbMATH Keywords

spectrumpositive characteristicnilpotent matricesGerstenhaber theoremlinear subspaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30)

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Cited In (4)

• Spaces of matrices with few eigenvalues
• The solution of the Loewy–Radwan conjecture
• Common eigenvectors and quasicommutativity of sets of simultaneously triangularizable matrices
• On Gerstenhaber's theorem for spaces of nilpotent matrices over a skew field

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