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Filmor Theorem for integers

Combinatorics 2017-04-27 v1

Abstract

Fillmore Theorem says that if AA is a nonscalar matrix of order nn over a field F\mathbb{F} and γ1,,γnF\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n\in \mathbb{F} are such that γ1++γn=trA\gamma_1+\cdots+\gamma_n=\text{tr} \, A, then there is a matrix BB similar to AA with diagonal (γ1,,γn)(\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_n). Fillmore proof works by induction on the size of AA and implicitly provides an algorithm to construct BB. We develop an explicit and extremely simple algorithm that finish in two steps (two similarities), and with its help we extend Fillmore Theorem to integers (if AA is integer then we can require to BB to be integer).

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@article{arxiv.1704.08037,
  title  = {Filmor Theorem for integers},
  author = {Alberto Borobia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.08037},
  year   = {2017}
}

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3 pages

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