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A Spectral Theorem for Zeon Matrices

Rings and Algebras 2025-10-08 v3 Spectral Theory

Abstract

In this paper, spectral properties of matrices with (complex) zeon entries are investigated. It is shown that when AA is an m×mm\times m self-adjoint matrix whose characteristic polynomial χA(u)\chi_A(u) has mm ``spectrally simple'' zeros λ1,,λm\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_m in the zeon algebra CZ{\mathbb{C}\mathfrak{Z}}, there exist mm linearly independent normalized zeon eigenvectors v1,,vmv_1, \ldots, v_m such that A=j=1mλjπjA=\bigoplus_{j=1}^m \lambda_j\pi_j, where πj=vjvj\pi_j=v_j{v_j}^\dag is a rank-one projection onto the zeon submodule span{vj}{\rm span}\{v_j\} for j=1,,mj=1, \ldots, m.

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@article{arxiv.2201.09321,
  title  = {A Spectral Theorem for Zeon Matrices},
  author = {G. Stacey Staples},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.09321},
  year   = {2025}
}
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