Timeline for How many random matrices does it take to generate a matrix algebra?
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| May 11, 2015 at 22:13 | vote | accept | Boaz Tsaban | ||
| May 11, 2015 at 21:08 | comment | added | Will Sawin | @BoazTsaban My algebra, with David Speyer's modification, is spanned by a group. Indeed the set of matrices that are equal to the identity plus one of the elements of my original algebra are a group. | |
| May 11, 2015 at 20:20 | comment | added | David E Speyer | And, if "algebra" means "containing the identity" for the OP, then just take the span of Will's example together with the identity matrix. | |
| May 11, 2015 at 20:01 | history | answered | Will Sawin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |