English

Nilpotents Leave No Trace -- A Matrix Mystery for Pandemic Times

History and Overview 2021-01-25 v1

Abstract

Reopening a cold case, inspector Echelon, high-ranking in the Row Operations Center, is searching for a lost linear map, known to be nilpotent. When a partially decomposed matrix is unearthed, he reconstructs its reduced form, finding it singular. But were its roots nilpotent?

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2101.08866,
  title  = {Nilpotents Leave No Trace -- A Matrix Mystery for Pandemic Times},
  author = {Eric L. Grinberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.08866},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

6 pages, 1 figure