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Left ideals in matrix rings over finite fields

Rings and Algebras 2017-11-28 v1

Abstract

It is well-known that each left ideals in a matrix rings over a finite field is generated by an idempotent matrix. In this work we compute the number of left ideals in these rings, the number of different idempotents generating each left ideal, and give explicitly a set of idempotent generators of all left ideals of a given rank.

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@article{arxiv.1711.09289,
  title  = {Left ideals in matrix rings over finite fields},
  author = {R. A. Ferraz and C. Polcino Milies and E. Taufer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.09289},
  year   = {2017}
}
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