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Explicit Description of Centralizers for a Matrix

Rings and Algebras 2019-10-31 v1

Abstract

Let kk be a field and AMn(k)A\in M_n(k) be an n×nn\times n matrix. We denote CMn(k)(A)={BMn(k):BA=AB}C_{M_n(k)}(A) = \{B\in M_n(k) : BA = AB\} be its centralizers in Mn(k)M_n(k). The dimension of the space of centralizer was already known by Frobenius. This paper will give the explicit kk-basis for CMn(k)(A)C_{M_n(k)}(A) and also an algorithm (with polynomial complexity respect to multiplication in the field kk) to construct the explicit basis. Lastly, the result can be used to solve a weaker version of the Wild Problem.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1910.13666,
  title  = {Explicit Description of Centralizers for a Matrix},
  author = {Tianhao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.13666},
  year   = {2019}
}
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