Locally finite cycles of linear mappings in countable dimension

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2023.03.013arXiv2208.04915OpenAlexW4360843105MaRDI QIDQ6046076FDOQ6046076

Publication date: 15 May 2023

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

Abstract: Let

n

be a positive integer. An

n

-cycle of linear mappings is an

n

-tuple

(u_{1}, d o t s, u_{n})

of linear maps

u_{1} i n m a t h r m H o m (U_{1}, U_{2}), u_{2} i n m a t h r m H o m (U_{2}, U_{3}), d o t s, u_{n} i n m a t h r m H o m (U_{n}, U_{1})

, where

U_{1}, d o t s, U_{n}

are vector spaces over a field. We classify such cycles, up to equivalence, when the spaces

U_{1}, d o t s, U_{n}

have countable dimension and the composite

u_{n} c i r c u_{n - 1} c i r c c d o t s c i r c u_{1}

is locally finite. When

n = 1

, this problem amounts to classifying the reduced locally nilpotent endomorphisms of a countable-dimensional vector space up to similarity, and the known solution involves the so-called Kaplansky invariants of

u

. Here, we extend Kaplansky's results to cycles of arbitrary length. As an application, we prove that if

u_{n} c i r c c d o t s c i r c u_{1}

is locally nilpotent and the

U_{i}

spaces have countable dimension, then there are bases

m a t h b f B_{1}, d o t s, m a t h b f B_{n}

of

U_{1}, d o t s, U_{n}

, respectively, such that, for every

i i n 1, d o t s, n

,

u_{i}

maps every vector of

m a t h b f B_{i}

either to a vector of

m a t h b f B_{i + 1}

or to the zero vector of

U_{i + 1}

(where we convene that

U_{n + 1} = U_{1}

and

m a t h b f B_{n + 1} = m a t h b f B_{1}

).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04915

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zbMATH Keywords

quivers linear mappings ordinals local nilpotency Kaplansky invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21) Representations of quivers and partially ordered sets (16G20)

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