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Eigenvalues of Random Regular Bipartite Graphs
I am looking for a way of getting a good estimate of the eigenvalues of random bipartite d-regular graphs. The literature has very precise values the proofs of which are very involved and since I am ...
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Existence of a matrix product from its eigenvalues
Let A and B be two positive definite, real, symmetric matrices. The eigenvalues of A, B and AB, denoted by $\lambda(X)$, obey the relation (from Bhatia):
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\lambda^\downarrow(A) \cdot \lambda^\...
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Orders of Clifford algebra
Let $C_n$ be the Clifford algebra over $\mathbb{Q}$ associated to negative definite quadratic form $-I_n$ (i.e. $-x_1^2-\dots-x_n^2$). Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a $\mathbb{Z}$-order of $C_n$.
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A generalization of real characters on a group
Yesterday I understood that I can't live without this construction:
Let $G$ be a group, $A$ an associative algebra over $\mathbb R$ and $n\in{\mathbb N}$. We consider a sequence of maps $\varphi_k:...
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Weyl's construction for symplectic groups--an exercise in Fulton and Harris's book
This is an exercise in section 17.3 in Fulton and Harris's book:Representation theory-a first course.
Let $V=\mathbb{C}^{2n}$ and $Sp(2n)$ be the symplectic group w.r.t the nondegenerate bilinear ...
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Operator connected with Hermite polynomials
For $n \geq 1$, define the following operator $M_n$ on the ring of all polynomials with real coefficients.
$$M_n P(x) = nP(x)^2 - x \int_0^x (P'(t))^2 \, \mathrm{d}t$$
Monomials $x^k$ are mapped to $n ...
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A stronger Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for traces of compression matrices
Assume that $A$ and $B$ are contractions, so
$I-AA^T$ and $I-BB^T$ are positive-definite matrices. Let
$C=(I-AB^T)^{-1}(I-AA^{T})(I-BA^{T})^{-1}$, and show that:
$$Tr\left(\frac{1}{1-AA^T}\right)...
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Groups of operators between local unitaries and full unitaries
Consider the group $U(d_1) \otimes U(d_2)$ of "local unitary" operators acting on the complex space $\mathbb{C}^{d_1} \otimes \mathbb{C}^{d_2}$ (i.e., $U(d_1) \otimes U(d_2)$ is the group of unitary ...
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Sum of projective submodules of a projective over a semihereditary ring
Sorry in advance if this is too silly. Let $R$ be a right semihereditary ring and $P$ a projective right $R$-module. It is well-known that finitely generated (thus projective) submodules of $P$ form a ...
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Chinese remainder theorem
For non-commutative rings, we have this generalization of the Chinese remainder theorem (CRT).
I wonder if there is another statement involving only left or right ideals;
do you know any?
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Singularity of an $l\times l$ matrix whose entries are $2l$-th roots of unity
Let $l$ be a positive integer, $\zeta$ be a primitive $2l$-th root of unity in $\mathbb{C}$, and $\alpha,\beta$ be $\pm1$ sequences of length $l$, i.e. $\alpha_k=\pm1,\beta_k=\pm1$ for $k=0,\dots,l-1$....
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Preconditioner for finding the smallest eigenpairs of a large, but structured, matrix
I'm trying to find the eigenvector corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue of a large $(4,000,000 \times 4,000,000)$ matrix $L$. $L$ is a graph Laplacian, with the following structure: $L = D -...
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Inverses of the sums of all possible subsets of a set of symmetric and positive definite matrices
I have a set of $c$ matrices $A_1 ... A_c$ which are all symmetric and positive definite. I would like to calculate the inverses of all the possible sums, i.e.
$(A_1+A_2)^{-1},(A_1+A_3)^{-1},(A_2+A_3)...
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Injectivity criterion for surjective coalgebra maps: does it hold in full generality?
Let $\mathbf{k}$ be a commutative ring.
Let $C$ be a filtered $\mathbf{k}$-coalgebra. This means a $\mathbf{k}$-coalgebra equipped with an increasing $\mathbf{k}$-module filtration $C^0 \subseteq C^1 \...
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What is the composition in SesquiAlg?
To motivate my question, I will describe a famous 2-category. First, there is the 1-category $\text{Vect}$ of vector spaces (over some fixed field). This category has a tensor product $\otimes$, and ...
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On the linear transformation between matrix space
Suppose we have two matrix subspaces, $n\times n$ matrix subspace $S_1$ and $m\times m$ matrix subspace $S_2$. Every element of $S_1$ and $S_2$ is complex symmetric matrix.
Suppose there exists ...
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Homological dimension of completed path algebras.
Let A = c[Q]/I be a finite dimensional quotient of a path algebra over a quiver Q, with I being the ideal of relations.
Is it true that the I-adic completion of A has finite homological dimension?
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Cocontinuous monadic functors
Some forgetful functors of algebraic categories preserve colimits, but most do not. In order to understand this phenomen in general, I have classified cocontinuous monadic functors whose target is an ...
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Is a *complete ring complete in the graded category ?
The question concerns a definition of Bruns, Herzog: Cohen-Macaulay Rings (before Prop. 3.6.16):
The Noetherian *local ring $(R,m)$ is said to be *complete if $(R_0,m_0)$ is complete.
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Elementary polynomial-free proofs of fundamental theorem of Galois theory?
I am looking for simple proofs that show the correspondence between intermediate fields in a field extension and subgroups of the Galois group. I'm happy for everything to be subfields of $\mathbb{C}$....
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A reference on semisimple linear algebra
Is there any literature where the tools familiar from (multi)linear algebra are systematically transferred to the setting of semisimple modules over noncommutative rings?
In fact this question is a ...
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integral versus adjoint action on Hopf algebra
Suppose that $H$ is a finite dimensional Hopf algebra (with counit $\varepsilon$) and $T$ is a non zero right integral of $H^{\star}$ (the dual Hopf algebra). Let $ad_h$ be the adjoint action on $H$, ...
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Roots of unity in algebraic K-theory
For any commutative ring $R$, the tensor product of (finitely generated, projective) $R$-modules equips the algebraic K-theory $K(R) = K_0(R)$ with the structure of a commutative ring with unit.
For $...
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Ring properties which can be checked on sufficiently many Ore localizations
Let $R$ be a non-commutative Ore domain, and let $R[S_i^{-1}]$ be a finite set of Ore localizations. The absence of a geometric theory means there is no obvious candidate for when this set of ...
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Characteristic polynomial of a symmetric integer matrix
I am wondering what, if anything, is known about the characteristic polynomials of integer symmetric matrices. I believe I read somewhere that not every polynomial with integer coefficients can be a ...
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Unitary unit conjecture for group rings
The famous "unit conjecture" for group rings states that all units of a group ring $K[G]$ are trivial for a field $K$ and a torison-free group $G$. We are far away from solving the conjecture (See e.g....
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Matrix normalization for constant row and column sums
From a mxn matrix M with only strictly positive elements, I want to multiply each row and each column by real values in order to obtain a matrix N whose row sums are all 1/m and column sums are all 1/...
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Monomial-type ideals in polynomial rings
Let $R=k[x_1,x_2,...,x_n]$ be the polynomial ring in $n$ indeterminates over a field $k$. A monomial in $R$ is an element which is product (with repetitions allowed) of the indeterminates. Monomial ...
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localization at central maximal ideals
If M is a maximal ideal of Z(R), the center of a ring with identity R, and R_M, the localization of R at M, is a commutative field, what can we say about R?
My guess is that we can's say that much ...
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symplectic matrices
If $( A B | C D)$ is a symplectic matrix with entries in the finite field with two elements, is it necessarily the case that
$\sum_{i,j,k} a_{ij}b_{ij}c_{ik}d_{ik} = 0$?
This arose in connection ...
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is there a notion of weakly noetherian?
A left module M over a ring is finitely presented iff the functor Hom(M,_) preserves filtered inductive limit. Meanwhile, if M is finitely generated, then for every filtered system { N_i } of left ...
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Generalized Haar Measures and Semiring-Valued Integrals on Lie Groups
In an applied research problem I am currently working on, I am using non-commutative semiring convolution to formulate some interesting types of calculations on images and solid objects. For discrete ...
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An inverse eigenvalue problem on Jacobi matrices
I am interested in trying to design a Hermitian Jacobi (tridiagonal) matrix $H$ that has specific properties. The basic property, which is simple enough to construct, is that for an $N\times N$ matrix ...
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Examples of noncommutative Bezout domains
I would like to see some (or many!) examples of noncommutative Bezout domains (one-sided principal ideals sum to one-sided principal ideals). I've read somewhere that it's not easy to find an example ...
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Dimension of the intersection of the commuting variety with a particular subspace
Let $\mathcal C$ denote the commuting variety of pairs of matrices in $M_n(\mathbb{C})$, defined as:
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\mathcal C = \{ (A, B) \in M_n(\mathbb{C})^2 \mid [A, B] = 0 \}.
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It is well known that $\...
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How to prove the following equation (which involves binomials and determinant of 2×2 matrices)?
I have tried many ways to prove the following equation, such as the method of induction and expanding all the terms in the summation,but things got more complicated.I could not find an appropriate ...
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Ring theoretical aspects of the DAHA
The double affine Hecke algebras (DAHA) were introduced by Cherednik in his study of Macdonald's inner product conjectures (which were solved affirmatively).
Nowdays there are many variations of the ...
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When does a short exact sequence of abelian groups with $B\cong A\oplus C$ split?
$\hspace{20pt}$Duplicate on stackexchange.
This question, in a way, extends this one. The question is what are some sufficient conditions on the abelian group $B$ so that if $B\cong A\oplus C$ and a ...
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If $\mathbb{C}[a,b,c] \subsetneq \mathbb{C}[x]$, then there exist $f,g$ s.t. $\mathbb{C}[a,b,c] \subseteq \mathbb{C}[f,g] \subsetneq \mathbb{C}[x]$
I ran into this MSE question and would like to ask about its answer and plausible generalizations.
The quoted MSE question asks if the following claim is true or false and why:
Claim: Let $a,b,c \in \...
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Wedderburn-Malcev principal theorem for graded-finite algebras
Let $k$ be a field and $A$ be a noncommutative $k$-algebra with Jacobson radical $J$. If $A$ is finite-dimensional, the Wedderburn-Malcev says that $A$ has a subalgebra $S$ such that $$A = S \oplus J$$...
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Closed character formula for the module $L(a\omega_i)$
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a complex finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra with a fixed Cartan subalgebra $\mathfrak{h}$. Assume that $\omega_1, \omega_2, \dots, \omega_n\in\mathfrak{h}^{*}$ is the ...
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If matrices $A$ and $B$ are normal with $\sigma(A),\sigma(B)\subseteq \mathbb{R}\cup \mathbb{T}$, does $\text{rank}([A,B])=\text{rank}([A^*,B])$?
Here $\mathbb{T}=\{z\in\mathbb{C}: |z|=1\}$ denotes the unit circle in the complex numbers.
This holds, if we have $\sigma(A)\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ or $\sigma(A)\subseteq \mathbb{T}$ (independent of $B$...
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When is the intersection of cosets of a conjugacy class $0$-dimensional?
Let $G = \mathrm{SL}_n$ (say); let $K$ be a field. Let $g$ be a regular semisimple element of $G(K)$, and $\mathrm{Cl}_g$ its conjugacy class, considered as an algebraic variety. Then $\mathrm{Cl}_g$ ...
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Adjoining new factors for primes in UFDs
It is well-known that if we pass from a UFD to a new ring where we have factored one of the primes, it does not need to stay a UFD. The classic example is passing from $\mathbb{Z}$ to $\mathbb{Z}[\...
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Problem 1.8 from Kirby's list
Context
I looked through a book called "Problems in Low-Dimensional Topology", where Rob Kirby lists a set of problems. He provides a list of problems, states their conjectures, and ...
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Is there a "natural" interpretation of the power function for octonions and for sedenions?
This question is a sequel to Is there a definition of $\log(x)$ for quaternion/octonion $x$? Since $\log(x)$ is multivalued even for complex $x \in \mathbb{C}$, it is impossible to define $\log(x)$ ...
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Are there infinitely many simple integral fusion rings of rank $4$?
$\DeclareMathOperator\ch{ch}$$\DeclareMathOperator\FPdim{FPdim}$We refer to [EGNO15, Chapter 3] for the notion of fusion ring and basic results. The type of a fusion ring $R$ is the list $(\FPdim(b_i)...
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On the conditions for Artin-Schelter Gorenstein algebras
Let $ k $ be a field and $ A $ a connected graded $ k $-algebra ($ A $ is associative, but not assumed to be commutative).
The algebra $ A $ is called Artin-Schelter Gorenstein* of dimension $ d $ if ...
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Two questions about three circulant matrices
Consider the following matrix equation in $n \times n$ circulant $\pm 1$ matrices $A$, $B$, $C$
$$2AA^T+BB^T+CC^T=(4n+4)I-4J$$
where $I$ is the $n \times n$ identity matrix and $J$ is the $n×n$ matrix ...
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Vershik's conjecture about generic quadratic algebras
Is it still unknown whether very general (lying in a countable intersection of some Zariski opens in corresponding Grassmannian) quadratic algebras $R$ with $\operatorname{dim} R_2 < \frac{3}{4}(\...
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