On Gerstenhaber's theorem for spaces of nilpotent matrices over a skew field

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2013.01.035zbMATH Open1305.15006arXiv1210.4951OpenAlexW2020548547MaRDI QIDQ389724FDOQ389724

Authors: Clément de Seguins Pazzis 

Publication date: 21 January 2014

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

Abstract: Let K be a skew field, and K_0 be a subfield of the central subfield of K such that K has finite dimension q over K_0. Let V be a K_0-linear subspace of n by n nilpotent matrices with entries in K. We show that the dimension of V is bounded above by q n(n-1)/2, and that equality occurs if and only if V is similar to the space of all n by n strictly upper-triangular matrices over K. This generalizes famous theorems of Gerstenhaber and Serezhkin, which cover the special case K=K_0.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4951

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zbMATH Keywords

skew fieldsnilpotent matricesGerstenhaber theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector spaces, linear dependence, rank, lineability (15A03) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30)

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