P-canonical forms and Drazin inverses

Abstract: In this paper,

m a t h c a l P

-canonical forms of

(A^{k})_{k}

(or simply of the matrix

A

) are defined and some of their properties are proved. It is also shown how we can deduce from them many interesting informations about the matrix

A

. In addition, it is proved that the

m a t h c a l P

-canonical forms of

A

can be written as a sum of two parts, the geometric and the non-geometric parts of

A

, and that the

m a t h c a l P

-canonical form of the Drazin inverse

A_{d}

of

A

can be deduced by simply plugging

- k

for

k

in the geometric part of

A

. Finally, several examples are provided to illustrate the obtained results.

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