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$m$-nil-clean nonderogatory matrices

Rings and Algebras 2026-07-15 v1

Abstract

It is proved that if F\mathbb{F} is a field of positive characteristic p,p, and if mm and nn are positive integers such that m2,m\geq2, and npmn1,n\leq p\leq mn-1, for every n×nn\times n nonderogatory matrix AMn(F),A\in \mathbb{M}_n(\mathbb{F}), with trace in {k.1Fk{0,1,,p1}},\{k.1_{\mathbb{F}}\mid k\in \{0,1,\dots,p-1\}\}, there exist mm idempotent matrices E1,E2,,Em,E_1, E_2,\dots, E_m, and a nilpotent matrix NN, such that A=E1+E2++Em+N,A=E_1+E_2+\dots+E_m+N, with Nk=0,N^k=0, where k=nk=n if p{nm1,nm2},p\in \{nm-1,nm-2\}, k=n1k=n-1 if p=nm3,p=nm-3, otherwise k=max(2,1+n1r),k=\mathrm{max}(2,1+\lfloor\frac{n-1}{r}\rfloor), if nn is even, and k=max(3,1+n1r),k=\mathrm{max}(3,1+\lfloor\frac{n-1}{r}\rfloor), if nn is odd, where r:=nmp2.r:=\lfloor\frac{nm-p}{2}\rfloor. Moreover, for n>p,n>p, AA is the sum of two idempotent matrices, and a square zero one, if nn is even, and it is sum of two idempotent matrices and one which third power is zero, if nn is odd.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.14270,
  title  = {$m$-nil-clean nonderogatory matrices},
  author = {Andrada Pojar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.14270},
  year   = {2026}
}