Sums of two triangularizable quadratic matrices over an arbitrary field

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2011.11.026zbMATH Open1253.15020arXiv1109.2255OpenAlexW1978787672MaRDI QIDQ417457FDOQ417457

Authors: Clément de Seguins Pazzis 

Publication date: 14 May 2012

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

Abstract: Let K be an arbitrary field, and a,b,c,d be elements of K such that the polynomials t^2-at-b and t^2-ct-d are split in K[t]. Given a square matrix M with entries in K, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of two matrices A and B such that M=A+B, A^2=a A+bI_n and B^2=c B+dI_n. Prior to this paper, such conditions were known in the case b=d=0, a<>0 and c<>0, and also in the case a=b=c=d=0. Here, we complete the study, which essentially amounts to determining when a matrix is the sum of an idempotent and a square-zero matrix. This generalizes results of Wang to an arbitrary field, possibly of characteristic 2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2255

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zbMATH Keywords

idempotent matrixsquare-zero matrixcharacteristic twocompanion matricesquadratic sumrational canonical formtriangularizable quadratic matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Matrix equations and identities (15A24)

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