The classification of large spaces of matrices with bounded rank

DOI10.1007/S11856-015-1198-0MaRDI QIDQ891079zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Clément de Seguins Pazzis

Publication date 16 November 2015

Published in Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0298

zbMATH Keywords

Atkinson and Lloyd theorembounded rank

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Given an arbitrary (commutative) field K, let V be a linear subspace of M_n(K) consisting of matrices of rank lesser than or equal to some r<n. A theorem of Atkinson and Lloyd states that, if dim V>nr-r+1 and #K>r, then either all the matrices of V vanish on some common (n-r)-dimensional subspace of K^n, or it is true of the matrices of its transpose V^t. Following some arguments of our recent proof of the Flanders theorem for an arbitrary field, we show that this result holds for any field. We also show that the results of Atkinson and Lloyd on the case dim V=n,r-r+1 are independent on the given field save for the special case n=3, r=2 and #K=2, where the same techniques help us classify all the exceptional cases up to equivalence. Similar theorems of Beasley for rectangular matrices are also successfully extended to an arbitrary field.

Review text

Given an arbitrary (commutative) field \(\mathbb{K}\), let \(V\) be a linear subspace of \(M_n (\mathbb{K})\) consisting of matrices of rank less than or equal to some \(r\in\{1, \dots ,n-1\}\). A theorem of \textit{M. D. Atkinson} and \textit{S. Lloyd} [Q. J. Math., Oxf. II. Ser. 31, 253--262 (1980; Zbl 0411.15013)] states that, if \(\text{dim} V >nr-r+1\) and \(\#\mathbb{K}>r\), then either all the matrices of \(V\) vanish everywhere on some common \((n-r)\)-dimensional subspace of \(\mathbb{K}^n\) , or it is true of the matrices of the transposed space \(V^T\) . Using a new approach, the author proves that the restriction on the cardinality of the underlying field is unnecessary. He also shows that the results of Atkinson and Lloyd [loc. cit.] in the case \(\text{dim} V=nr-r+1\) hold for any field, except in the special case when \(n=3, r=2\) and \(\mathbb{K}\cong \mathbb{F}_2\). In that exceptional situation, he classifies all the exceptional spaces up to equivalence. Similar theorems of \textit{L. B. Beasley} [in: Current trends in matrix theory. . Proceedings of the third Auburn matrix theory conference, March 19--22, 1986, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, U.S.A. New York - Amsterdam - London: North-Holland. 45--50 (1987; Zbl 0656.15008)] for rectangular matrices are also extended to all fields. Finally, he extends Atkinson, Lloyd and Beasley's classification theorems to a range of high dimensions which almost doubles theirs, under the assumption that \(\#\mathbb{K}> r\).

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