On linear combinations of two idempotent matrices over an arbitrary field

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2010.03.023MaRDI QIDQ977481zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Clément de Seguins Pazzis

Publication date 22 June 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4436

zbMATH Keywords

decompositionidempotentsmatricesJordan canonical formelementary factorsJordan reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Matrix equations and identities (15A24)

Abstract: Given an arbitrary field K and non-zero scalars a and b, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for a matrix A in M_n(K) to be a linear combination of two idempotents with coefficients a and b. This extends results previously obtained by Hartwig and Putcha in two ways: the field K considered here is arbitrary (possibly of characteristic 2), and the case a is different from b and -b is taken into account.

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