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Dec 18, 2023 at 20:01 history edited Pietro Majer CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dec 18, 2023 at 20:00 comment added Pietro Majer yes, it is indeed
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:51 comment added Christian Remling @PietroMajer: I didn't give a $z$ explicitly since it seemed obvious how to finish it (take $z=P_1$ or $z=P_2$).
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:38 comment added Pietro Majer So this example generalises to any number $n>2$ of factors: if $A_i$ has rank 1 and $A_1e_1=e_ 2, A_2e_2=e_3,\dots, A_ne_n=e_1$, then $A_n A_{n-1}\dots A_2A_1e_1=e_1$, and any product of these factors not in a cyclic permutation is $0$
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:38 comment added Christophe Leuridan I corrected the typo. Indeed, three matrices are required to have a counterexample.
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:35 history edited Christophe Leuridan CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dec 18, 2023 at 19:27 comment added Christian Remling There are also counterexamples in $2$ dimensions, for example $x=y^t=\bigl( \begin{smallmatrix} 0 & 1\\ 0 & 0\end{smallmatrix} \bigr)$, so $xy=P_1$, $yx=P_2$.
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:14 vote accept Pietro Majer
Dec 18, 2023 at 19:09 comment added Pietro Majer The last line should read $CBAe_j=0$ for $j\in\{2,3\}$, I think (in any case 1 is an eigenvalue by the preceding line)
Dec 18, 2023 at 18:55 history answered Christophe Leuridan CC BY-SA 4.0