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A Real Nullstellensatz for Free Modules

Algebraic Geometry 2018-04-24 v2

Abstract

Let AA be the algebra of all n×nn \times n matrices with entries from \RR[x1,,xd]\RR[x_1,\ldots,x_d] and let G1,,Gm,FAG_1,\ldots,G_m,F \in A. We will show that F(a)v=0F(a)v=0 for every a\RRda \in \RR^d and v\RRnv \in \RR^n such that Gi(a)v=0G_i(a)v=0 for all ii if and only if FF belongs to the smallest real left ideal of AA which contains G1,,GmG_1,\ldots,G_m. Here a left ideal JJ of AA is real if for every H1,,HkAH_1,\ldots,H_k \in A such that H1TH1++HkTHkJ+JTH_1^T H_1+\ldots+H_k^T H_k \in J+J^T we have that H1,,HkJH_1,\ldots,H_k \in J. We call this result the one-sided Real Nullstellensatz for matrix polynomials. We first prove by induction on nn that it holds when G1,,Gm,FG_1,\ldots,G_m,F have zeros everywhere except in the first row. This auxiliary result can be formulated as a Real Nullstellensatz for the free module \RR[x1,,xd]n\RR[x_1,\ldots,x_d]^n.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.2358,
  title  = {A Real Nullstellensatz for Free Modules},
  author = {Jaka Cimpric},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2358},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

v1 7 pages. v2 9 pages: revised abstract, extended introduction and references. To appear in J. Algebra

R2 v1 2026-06-21T23:23:52.540Z