On Fillmore's theorem over integrally closed domains
Rings and Algebras
2025-02-18 v1
Abstract
A well-known theorem of Fillmore says that if is a non-scalar matrix over a field and are such that , then is -similar to a matrix with diagonal . Building on work of Borobia, Tan extended this by proving that if is a unique factorisation domain with field of fractions and is non-scalar, then is -similar to a matrix in with diagonal . We note that Tan's argument actually works when is any integrally closed domain and show that the result cannot be generalised further by giving an example of a matrix over a non-integrally closed domain for which the result fails. Moreover, Tan gave a necessary condition for to be -similar to a matrix with diagonal . We show that when is a PID and , Tan's condition is also sufficient.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.11636,
title = {On Fillmore's theorem over integrally closed domains},
author = {Alexander Stasinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.11636},
year = {2025}
}