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Existence of cyclic subspace decompositions for pairs of commuting matrices

Let $\mathbb{K}$ be an arbitrary field (possibly finite). Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional vector space over $\mathbb{K}$, and let $A,B$ be two linear endomorphisms of $V$ which commute. For $v\in V$, ...
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How to decompose a matrix over a ring $F[X_1,\ldots,X_k]$ as a product of two matrices

Let $F$ be a field. Assume any reasonable conditions if needed, such as $F=\mathbb R$, $F=\mathbb C$, $F$ is a finite field, or $F$ has a specific characteristic, etc. Let $C$ be an $n\times1$ matrix ...
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Is every matrix involution over a UFD diagonalisable?

Let $A$ be a UFD, that is also a $k$-algebra, where $k$ is a field of characteristic $\not=2$ (for instance polynomials over $k$). Is every involution in $\mathrm{GL}_n(A)$ diagonalisable? This is of ...
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What are the properties of this set of infinite matrices and operations on them?

Consider infinite matrices of the form $$\left( \begin{array}{ccccc} a_0 & a_1 & a_2 & a_3 & . \\ 0 & a_0 & a_1 & a_2 & . \\ 0 & 0 & a_0 & a_1 & . \\ ...
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Multiplicative identity of determinant of multiplicative action of a polynomial on a quotient ring (companion matrices)

Let $A$ be a commutative ring with $f,g\in A[x]$ monics. Consider the $A$-linear endomorphism $\mu_g^{(f)}\in \mathrm{End}_A\tfrac{A[x]}{\langle f\rangle}$ given by multiplication by $g$. For monics $...
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If the direct sum of $L$ and $M$ has a pseudoinverse, then do $L$ and $M$ have pseudoinverses?

Let $L$ and $M$ be matrices over a commutative ring $R$ equipped with an involution "$*$". Define $L \oplus M$ (the "direct sum" of $L$ and $M$) to be $\begin{bmatrix}L & 0 \\ ...
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Commuting nilpotent matrices and conjugation isomorphisms

Trying to study isomorphism classes of certain commutative Artinian $\mathbb{C}$-algebras I was lead to the following problem about matrices. Suppose you have a (non-zero) nilpotent matrix $A\in M_n(\...
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Conjugacy in the quaternion group

Let $G$ be a non-commutative group, and suppose we are given two elements $x, y \in G$ which are conjugate, i.e. we know there exists some $z \in G$ such that $zxz^{-1} = y$. Can we find $z$ given $x$ ...
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Minimal localization need it to "diagonalize" a matrix

Let $A$ be an $n\times n$-matrix over $\mathbb Z[t^\pm]$. In general doesn't exist $P,Q\in GL(n,\mathbb Z[t^\pm])$ such that $PAQ$ is a diagonal matrix (this happens cause $\mathbb Z[t^\pm]$ is not a ...
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A peculiar operation on $M_2(\mathbb Z)$ which along with the usual matrix addition, makes $M_2(\mathbb Z)$ into a commutative ring with unity [closed]

For $A=\begin{pmatrix} a_1 & b_1 \\ c_1&d_1 \end{pmatrix}, B=\begin{pmatrix} a_2 & b_2 \\ c_2&d_2 \end{pmatrix}\in M_2(\mathbb Z)$, define $A*B:=a_1L_1BR_1+b_1L_1BR_2+c_1L_2BR_1+...
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On the linear factors of a polynomial obtained from the determinant of a matrix whose entries are related to Binomial expansion

Consider the polynomial ring $R=\mathbb C[x,y]$. Consider the matrix $A=\begin{pmatrix} x^5+y^5&5x^5&10x^5&10x^5&5x^5\\5y^5&x^5+y^5 &5x^5&10x^5&10x^5 \\10y^5&5y^5&...
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How to prove this matrix is idempotent and that it obeys a telescoping identity

Let $P_k$ be the size $k$ leading principal submatrix of the real-valued $N \times N$, invertible matrix $M$, and let $Q_k$ be the size $N$ matrix having $P_k^{-1}$ in the top left corner, and zeroes ...
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Is it true that the generator of maximal ideal in $M_n(P[x])$ can be choosen to be monic?

Let $P$ be a finite field and $R=M_n(P[x])$ be a matrix polynomial ring. I want to prove that for every polynomial (not necessary with invertible leading term) $A(x)\in R$ such that $R\cdot A(x)$ is ...
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Pairs of matrices

Consider two matrices $A, B\in\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$, such that $A, B$ has no common eigenvectors. Is it true that for some nonzero $t\in\mathbb{C}$, matrix $A+tB$ is similar to diagonal matrix $\...
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What is the criterion for a matrix containing vectors and their permutations being invertible?

Consider the matrix $A\in\mathbb{R}^{m\times 2m}$. Let any arbitrary choice of $m$ columns of $A$ be linearly independent. Together with a permutation $P\in\mathcal{P_{2m}}$, one can build the matrix $...
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Compute adjugate matrix over commutative ring

Let $A$ be a $n\times n$ matrix over a commutative ring. I'm looking for a good method to compute its adjugate matrix. My current approach is to use the Cayley-Hamilton theorem: $$\text{adj}(A) = -(A^...
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the annihilator of cokernel in a particular case

Let $A\in Mat(m,n;R)$ for $m\le n$ and $R$ a local ring. Consider the $mn\times(m^2+n^2)$ matrix $A\otimes 1_{nn}\oplus 1_{mm}\otimes A^T$, here $1_{mm}$, $1_{nn}$ are identity matrices. I'd like to ...
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On matrices in linear forms with vanishing determinant

This is a cross-post from my original question at math.se. I decided to post here because it seems more difficult than I originally thought. Let $R=\mathbb C[x_1,\ldots,x_r]$ be a polynomial ring. ...
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Conjugate Matrix

Let $A$ be a nilpotent square matrix, $J$ be the antidiagonal matrix with 1's on the secondary diagonal (i.e. $J^{2}=E$) and let $B=J A J.$ Suppose we conjugate the matrices $A,B$ by a matrix $...
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Iterated calculation of determinants

Given a $4 \times 4$ matrix $S$ over a commutative ring $R$. I want to consider it as a $2\times 2$ matrix over $M_2(R)$. Lets say $S=\left(\begin{array}{cc} A&B \\\ C&D\end{array}\right)$ ...
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Expressing $-\operatorname{adj}(A)$ as a polynomial in $A$?

Suppose $A\in R^{n\times n}$, where $R$ is a commutative ring. Let $p_i \in R$ be the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of $A$: $\operatorname{det}(A-xI) = p_0 + p_1x + \dots + p_n x^n$. I ...
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