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Rank of a linear combination of linear operators

I asked this question a few days ago in MathExchange and received no satisfatory answer. I hope it is well suited for MathOverflow. Suppose I have two linear operators $X,\,Y$ on $\mathbb{C}^n$. Now ...
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Solving $P=AB,Q=BA$, in the unknowns $A,B$

Let $p\geq q$ $P\in M_p(\mathbb{C}),Q\in M_q(\mathbb{C})$. We seek $A\in M_{p,q},B\in M_{q,p}$ s.t. $P=AB,Q=BA$. The NS conditions for the existence of $(A,B)$ are given in On the matrices AB and BA. ...
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