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Alternating sign matrices of finite multiplicative order

Combinatorics 2021-10-11 v2

Abstract

We investigate alternating sign matrices that are not permutation matrices, but have finite order in a general linear group. We classify all such examples of the form P+TP+T, where PP is a permutation matrix and TT has four non-zero entries, forming a square with entries 11 and 1-1 in each row and column. We show that the multiplicative orders of these matrices do not always coincide with those of permutation matrices of the same size. We pose the problem of identifying finite subgroups of general linear groups that are generated by alternating sign matrices.

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@article{arxiv.2110.02024,
  title  = {Alternating sign matrices of finite multiplicative order},
  author = {Cian O'Brien and Rachel Quinlan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.02024},
  year   = {2021}
}