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A Homogeneous Nullstellensatz for Joint Invariant Subspaces

Rings and Algebras 2026-02-27 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

Jurij Vol\v{c}i\v{c} conjectured that a noncommutative polynomial gg belongs to the unital K\mathbb{K}-algebra generated by finitely many noncommutative polynomials if and only if, for matrices of every size, every joint invariant subspace of the evaluations of the generators is also invariant under the evaluation of gg. In this paper, we establish a homogeneous Nullstellensatz for joint invariant subspaces by proving that this equivalence holds whenever the generators are homogeneous. In contrast, we demonstrate that the statement fails in the general case, thereby settling the conjecture completely.

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@article{arxiv.2602.22233,
  title  = {A Homogeneous Nullstellensatz for Joint Invariant Subspaces},
  author = {Sizhuo Yan and Jianting Yang and Lihong Zhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.22233},
  year   = {2026}
}
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