To what extent is a large space of matrices not closed under product?

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2011.04.034zbMATH Open1233.15006arXiv1004.0241OpenAlexW1965223625MaRDI QIDQ636232FDOQ636232

Clément de Seguins Pazzis

Publication date: 26 August 2011

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

Abstract: Let K denote a field. Given an arbitrary linear subspace V of M_n(K) of codimension lesser than n-1, a classical result states that V generates the K-algebra M_n(K). Here, we strengthen this in three ways: we show that M_n(K) is spanned by the products of the form AB with A and B in V; we prove that every matrix in M_n(K) can be decomposed into a product of matrices of V; finally, when V is a linear hyperplane of M_n(K) and n>2, we show that every matrix in M_n(K) is a product of two elements of V.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0241

zbMATH Keywords

factorizationcodimensionmatricesmatrix algebrasemigroupslinear subspaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Vector spaces, linear dependence, rank, lineability (15A03) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30)

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