Null ideals of sets of 3 \times 3 similar matrices with irreducible characteristic polynomial

MaRDI QIDQ6422020zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Eric Swartz, Nicholas J. Werner

Publication date 29 December 2022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Endomorphism rings; matrix rings (16S50)

Abstract: Let $F$ be a field and $M_n(F)$ the ring of $nimesn$ matrices over $F$. Given a subset $S$ of $M_n(F)$, the null ideal of $S$ is the set of all polynomials $f$ with coefficients from $M_n(F)$ such that $f(A)=0$ for all $AinS$. We say that $S$ is core if the null ideal of $S$ is a two-sided ideal of the polynomial ring $M_n(F)[x]$. We study sufficient conditions under which $S$ is core in the case where $S$ consists of $3imes3$ matrices, all of which share the same irreducible characteristic polynomial. In particular, we show that if $F$ is finite with $q$ elements and $|S|geqslant{q}^3-q^2+1$, then $S$ is core. As a byproduct of our work, we obtain some results on block Vandermonde matrices, invertible matrix commutators, and graphs defined via an invertible difference relation.

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