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Nonsymmetric generic matrix equations

Rings and Algebras 2015-03-03 v3

Abstract

Let (Ai)0ik(A_i)_{0\leq i\leq k} be generic matrices over Q\mathbb{Q}, the field of rational numbers. Let K=Q(E)K=\mathbb{Q}(E), where EE denotes the entries of the (Ai)i(A_i)_i, and let K\overline{K} be the algebraic closure of KK. We show that the generic unilateral equation AkXk++A1X+A0=0nA_kX^k+\cdots+A_1X+A_0=0_n has (nkn)\binom{nk}{n} solutions XMn(K)X\in\mathcal{M}_n(\overline{K}). Solving the previous equation is equivalent to solving a polynomial of degree knkn, with Galois group SknS_{kn} over KK. Let (Bi)ik(B_i)_{i\leq k} be fixed n×nn\times n matrices with entries in a field LL. We show that, for a generic CMn(L)C\in\mathcal{M}_n(L), a polynomial equation g(B1,,Bk,X)=Cg(B_1,\cdots,B_k,X)=C admits a finite fixed number of solutions and these solutions are simple. We study, when n=2n=2, the generic non-unilateral equations X2+BXC+D=02X^2+BXC+D=0_2 and X2+BXB+C=02X^2+BXB+C=0_2. We consider the unilateral equation Xk+Ck1Xk1++C1X+C0=0nX^k+C_{k-1}X^{k-1}+\cdots+C_1X+C_0=0_n when the (Ci)i(C_i)_i are n×nn\times n generic commuting matrices ; we show that every solution XMn(K)X\in\mathcal{M}_n(\overline{K}) commutes with the (Ci)i(C_i)_i. When n=2n=2, we prove that the generic equation A1XA2X+XA3X+X2A4+A5X+A6=02A_1XA_2X+XA_3X+X^2A_4+A_5X+A_6=0_2 admits 1616 isolated solutions in M2(K)\mathcal{M}_2(\overline{K}), that is, according to the B\'ezout's theorem, the maximum for a quadratic 2×22\times 2 matrix equation.

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@article{arxiv.1304.2506,
  title  = {Nonsymmetric generic matrix equations},
  author = {Gerald Bourgeois},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.2506},
  year   = {2015}
}

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