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Completion of a local ring is noetherian (under some hypothesis)

I was reading the proof of Lemma 10.12 in this paper. In the second sentence, the following fact is used implicitly: Let $(R,\mathfrak{m})$ be a commutative local ring. Let $\widehat{R}$ be its $\...
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How to compute inverse of sum of a unitary matrix and a full rank diagonal matrix?

$C = A+D$, $A$ being a unitary matrix and $D$ a full rank diagonal matrix. Is there any easy way to compute $C^{-1}$ from $A^{-1}$ and $D$, if it exists? I am interested in this question, because my ...
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Is there a matrix that has the completely opposite effect of a Hadamard matrix?

First, let me provide some background on the problem: In the field of Large Language Model quantization/compressions, outliers (abs of outliers are much larger than the mean of abs of all elements in ...
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The inverse limit of a sequence of ring surjections commutes with taking difference subsets of the respective units & gluing in some primes?

Define $R_n := \Bbb{Z}/p_n\#$ the ring of integers modulo primorial $p_n\# = p_n p_{n-1} \cdots p_1$. Let $U_n$ denote the group of units modulo $p_n\#$ in these rings. Then if $f_{n,n+1}: \Bbb{Z}/p_{...
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Integrality certification for product of two matrices $A B^{-1}$

Let's consider two non-singular integer matrices $A,B \in\mathbb{Z}^{n\times n}$. I want a test to check if $A\times B^{-1}$ is integral (or no denominators). I am referring the unimodular ...
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Are idempotents in a nonnegatively graded algebra conjugate to homogeneous idempotents?

Let $k$ be a field (assume algebraically closed and $\operatorname{char}(k) = 0$ if it helps) and $R = \bigoplus_{i \geq 0} R_i$ a (unital associative) non-negatively graded $k$-algebra. Furthermore, ...
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Minimally change matrix with determinant 0

In the following matrix equation, all coefficients $a_{ij}>0$ and all $a_i>0$ and the column sums in the matrix $A$ are all 0 (e.g. $-a_{11}+a_{21}+a_{31}=0$, etc.). This means that the ...
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Roots of polynomial $\sum_{\sigma \in W} x^{l(\sigma)}$

Let $W$ be Weyl group of a root system $\Phi$ (of finite dimensional simple Lie algebra). For $\sigma\in W$, $l(\sigma)$ be the its length. Consider the following polynomial $$P_\Phi(x) = \sum_{\sigma ...
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Inner product on a symmetric sum of tensor products

I have a space $V$ of $6 \times 6$ matrices whose basis is $\{1,S,M\}$; writing the components indices: $\{1_{ij},S_{ij},M_{ij}\}$ where $i,j=1,\cdots, 6$. The inner product on this space is \begin{...
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Minimum upper bound for sum of the entries of the inverse covariance matrix

Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $k$ is RBF kernel $$k(x, x') := \exp \left(-\frac{\|x-x'\|^2}{2\sigma^2}\right)$$ and let $\mathbf{K}$ be the following $n \times n$ covariance matrix $$\mathbf{K} = \...
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Effect of duplicated row on singular values and vectors

Let $\mathbf{A}$ be a $n\times n$ matrix with Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) $\mathbf{A}=\mathbf{U}\mathbf{S}\mathbf{V}$ and $\mathbf{a}_1$ be the first row of $\mathbf{A}$. What can we say about ...
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Hadamard-like inequalites for positive definite symmetric matrices

Let $S$ be any positive semi-definite symmetric matrix (Hermitian psd matrices work as well). The Hadamard inequality is that $$\det S\le\prod_{i=1}^n s_{ii}.$$ My question is whether there are some ...
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Is being graded commutative a necessary condition on $A$ such that $H^*(A)$ is commutative?

If we consider any differential graded algebra $A^\bullet$, then its homology is a graded algebra, since the tensor product interacts well with homology. A sufficient condidtion for the homology to be ...
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A "concrete" example of a one-sided Hopf algebra

I came to know from the paper Left Hopf Algebras by Green, Nichols and Taft that one may consider a Hopf algebra whose antipode satisfies only the left (resp. right) antipode condition. To be more ...
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The difficulty of generate complex Hadamard matrix

A complex $n\times n$ matrix $A=[a_{ij}]$ is called a Hadamard matrix if $A^{+}A=nI$ and $|a_{ij}|=1$ holds for all $i,j$, where $A^{+}$ denotes the conjugate transposed matrix of $A$, and a vector $...
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The relationship between a matrix and its coefficient matrix decomposed in Pauli matrix

For a dimension-$4$ Hermitian matrix $A$, denote pauli matrices $\{I,X,Y,Z\}$ as $\{\sigma_0,\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3\}$ respectively. The pauli matrices form a basis of the matrix space if we take ...
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Configurations of signs in a matrix under certain conditions

I have a combinatorial question which is out of my research area. Given a $2^k\times 2^k$ matrix $A=[a_{i,j}]$ with entries in $\lbrace0,\pm1\rbrace$, where $k$ is a positive integer. Is it possible ...
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distance in the matrix algebra w.r.t. the nuclear norm

Let $\varphi\in\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ and let $Z:=\mathbb{C}\cdot I=\{zI\colon\,z\in\mathbb{C}\}$ be the one-dimensional subspace spanned by the identity matrix $I$. Let moreover $\|\cdot\|_{\...
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Under what conditions does $x^TA^{-1}y> 0$ hold? $A$ is a symmetric positive definite matrix,$A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}_+, x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{n}_+$

This is a tricky problem I encountered in my research. $A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}_+, x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{n}_+$, i.e. $\forall 1\leq i \leq n, 1 \leq j\leq n, A(i, j)>0, x(i), y(i)>0$. As known, ...
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Lie algebra with finitely generated envelope

If a Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ is finitely generated, its enveloing algebra $U\mathfrak g$ is finitely generated as an associative algebra. In fact, taking the enveloping algebra of the surjection $\...
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When is a bimodule that is projective as a right and as a left module also projective as a bimodule

Are there practical criteria for determining when a bimodule that is projective as a right and as a left module is projective as a bimodule? Some illustrative examples of what goes wrong and what goes ...
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Serre functors and global dimensions

Let $k$ be a field. Let $\mathcal{C}$ be an abelian category (over $k$). We say that $\mathcal{C}$ has a finite global dimension if there exists integer $n > 0$ such that $$ \operatorname{Ext}^i(M,...
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Inequality between product of companion matrices and power of Pisot number

Let $d\geqslant 2$ be an integer and consider a convergent sequence of "companion" matrices $$A_k := \begin{pmatrix} a_{k,1} & a_{k,2} & \cdots & a_{k,d} \\\ & ...
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Optimal transport between two matrices

I'm investigating the use of optimal transport to define a distance between non-negative matrices that satisfy the condition $\mathbf e^\top\mathbf M\mathbf e = 1$ (i.e., the sum of all elements in ...
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Minimizing quadratic objective under orthogonality constraints

The following problem is motivated from Generalized Procrustes Analysis. I am wondering if it is possible to obtain a closed form minimizer (which may involve SVD or some other decomposition of a ...
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A (linear) optimization problem subject to (linear) matrix inequality constraints

Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ be a Hurwitz matrix, i.e. $A$ satisfies $\mathrm{Re}\,\lambda_i< 0$, where $\{\lambda_i\}_{i=1}^n$ is the set of eigenvalues of $A$. Suppose that the trace of $A$...
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Ordering the elements of a semigroup by $a \le b$ iff $a=b$ or $b=ab=ba$

Let $S$ be a semigroup, written multiplicatively. The binary relation $\le$ on (the underlying set of) $S$, whose graph consists of all pairs $(a,b) \in S \times S$ such that $a = b$ or $b = ab = ba$, ...
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Matrix sparsity pattern from Boolean condition

I would like to determine the sparsity pattern of a matrix $A_m$, where the entry $(k,l)$ of $A_m$ is non-zero if the condition $\operatorname{test}(k,l,m)$ is true: $\operatorname{test}(k,l,m)$ = &...
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Are the ranks of the following matrices given by these simple expressions?

The question itself is formulated in the title, so below I specify the matrices and expressions mentioned there. In case if this is something known or can be easily deduced from something known, this ...
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Efficient computation of $x^n \bmod g(x)$ in $\mathbb{F}_2[x]$

Related to this question. I wish to compute $x^n \bmod g(x)$ in $\mathbb{F}_2[x]$ for some fixed and known upfront $g$. This problem pops up in computing the 'pure' CRC function of a bit sequence of ...
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Existence of a subregular element with abelian centralizer in a quadratic Lie algebra

All Lie algebras here will be finite dimensionnal complex Lie algebra. We say that such an Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ is quadratic if there exist a skew-symetric, non-degenerate bilinear form or ...
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Which sigma-ideals in a sigma-algebra are contained in an ideal of null sets?

Let $X$ be a Polish space and $\mathcal{B}(X)$ be the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel subsets of $X$. Given a Borel probability measure $\mu$ on $X$, we write $\mathcal{N}(\mu) := \{ B \in \mathcal{B}(X) : \...
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Bimodule endomorphisms of a bimodule over a noncommutative ring

Let $R$ be a noncommutative ring and $M$ an $R$-$R$-bimodule that is projective as left $R$-module. We know that the bimodule of left $R$-module endomorphisms ${}_REnd(M)$ is isomorphic to the tensor ...
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What makes the surreals special among other surreal-like fields?

Pre-setup: Let $\kappa = \aleph_\xi$ be an uncountable regular cardinal. Its role in this question is merely to sidestep the technical difficulties surrounding the (imho quite uninteresting) notion ...
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Visualizing the elements of a finite group and does the Gram matrix determine the finite group?

Let $G$ be a finite group with $n = |G|$ elements. By Cayley's theorem for finite groups, we have an injective homomorphism of groups: $$ \pi : G \rightarrow S_n, \quad g \mapsto \pi(g) $$ where ...
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Coprime polynomials and polynomial substitution

Let $F$ be a field, and let $P(X_1,\dots,X_m)$, $Q(X_1,\dots,X_m) \in F[X_1,\dots,X_m]$ be two coprime polynomials. Consider $n$ new polynomials $R_1(Y_{1,1},\dots,Y_{1,n}) \in F[Y_{1,1},\dots,Y_{1,n}]...
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What is interesting/useful about big Witt Vectors?

$p$-typical Witt vectors are (among other things) a canonical way of associating to a perfect ring $A$ of characteristic $p$ a complete DVR of characteristic $0$ with residue ring $A$ generalizing $\...
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Efficiently computing $\prod_{i=1}^{n} A_i$

Let $k$ be a nonnegative integer, how to compute $\prod\limits_{i=1}^{n} A_i$ quickly and accurately, where $$A_i=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1\\ i^k & 1 \end{bmatrix}?$$ I know if $k=0$, we can use ...
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Catalog of integral symmetric matrices

Let $g$ be an integral symmetric matrix (perhaps with even diagonal components), and define an equivalence relation $g\sim g'$ if $g=Ug'U^T$ with $U$ a unimodular integral matrix. For fixed $\det g$ (...
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The state of the art on topological rings - the Jacobson topology

I was recently studying the Jacobson density theorem and I found it quite interesting. Most textbooks I've seen, including Jacobson's own Basic Algebra, only spend a few lines about the reason why it ...
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If a map between unital rings preserves multiplication and successor, does it preserve addition?

Welcome to my first MathOverflow posting! This is a question about rings, all of them assumed to be both unital and associative. Let $f\colon R\to S$ be a map between rings such that $f(xy)=f(x)f(y)$ ...
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Recent research on polynomial identities

I work in computational complexity, where I work on the problem of polynomial identity testing over arithmetic circuits. One particular case is when the variables over the polynomial ring don't ...
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Reference request: locally erasable delta-functor is universal

It is well-documented that an erasable delta-functor $(F^n,\delta)$ is universal. However, in 'small' abelian categories (in the technical sense or otherwise), there aren't always enough objects to ...
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Nonlinear random matrix equations

Let $C$ be a matrix; $v$ be a column vector; $P$, $\Delta$ are random matrices; $x$ is a random column vector. $$Cvv^T - \mathbb{E}[P^Tx]v^T - \mathbb{E}[P^Tx v^T \Delta] + O(\Delta^2)= 0$$ $$C^TCv - ...
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Simple algorithm for A107670

Let $T(n, k)$ be A107670 (i.e., matrix square of triangle A107667). Here we define the triangular matrix $P$ by $P(n, k) = \frac{(n+1)^{2(n-k)}}{(n-k)!}$ for $0 \leqslant k \leqslant n$ and the ...
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Are automorphisms of matrix algebras necessarily determinant preservers?

Is every automorphism $\phi : A \to A$ of a subalgebra $A \subseteq M_n$ necessarily a determinant preserver? I would assume that the answer is no in general, but I'm unable to find an example (or any ...
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What are the injective embeddings of R^d into the cone of (semi-) positive definite matrices of dimension d?

How can we characterize the set of all injective functions from $\mathbb{R}^d$ to the set of all symmetric positive definite matrices of dimension d?
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Does Wedderburn's Little Theorem hold constructively?

Wedderburn's Little Theorem states that every finite division ring is commutative. Perhaps even more surprising, this implies that every finite reduced ring is commutative. The proofs that I am aware ...
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The rank of a matrix expression

I'm studying discrete-time LTI systems and state estimators for them. Recently, I studied this paper. I am facing a matrix rank calculation problem and having trouble solving it. I will provide more ...
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Relations between the optimal solutions of two related SDPs

In system theory, we often encounter Semi-Definite Programs (SDPs) with Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) constraints, such as those presented in this paper. I have introduced new variables based on the ...