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Polynomial similarity of pairs of matrices

Representation Theory 2024-08-09 v1

Abstract

Let KK be a field, R=K[x,y]R=K[x, y] the polynomial ring and M(K)\mathcal{M}(K) the set of all pairs of square matrices of the same size over K.K. Pairs P1=(A1,B1)P_1=(A_1,B_1) and P2=(A2,B2)P_2=(A_2,B_2) from M(K)\mathcal{M}(K) are called similar if A2=X1A1XA_2=X^{-1}A_1X and B2=X1B1XB_2=X^{-1}B_1X for some invertible matrix XX over KK. Denote by N(K)\mathcal{N}(K) the subset of M(K)\mathcal{M}(K), consisting of all pairs of commuting nilpotent matrices. A pair PP will be called {\it polynomially equivalent} to a pair P=(A,B)\overline{P}=(\overline{A}, \overline{B}) if A=f(A,B),B=g(A,B)\overline{A}=f(A,B), \overline{B}=g(A ,B) for some polynomials f,gK[x,y]f, g\in K[x,y] satisfying the next conditions: f(0,0)=0,g(0,0)=0f(0,0)=0, g(0,0)=0 and detJ(f,g)(0,0)0, {\rm det} J(f, g)(0, 0)\not =0, where J(f,g)J(f, g) is the Jacobi matrix of polynomials f(x,y)f(x, y) and g(x,y).g(x, y). Further, pairs of matrices P(A,B)P(A,B) and P~(A~,B~)\widetilde{P}(\widetilde{A}, \widetilde{B}) from N(K)\mathcal{N}(K) will be called {\it polynomially similar} if there exists a pair P(A,B)\overline{P}(\overline{A}, \overline{B}) from N(K)\mathcal{N}(K) such that PP, P\overline{P} are polynomially equivalent and P\overline{P}, P~\widetilde{P} are similar. The main result of the paper: it is proved that the problem of classifying pairs of matrices up to polynomial similarity is wild, i.e. it contains the classical unsolvable problem of classifying pairs of matrices up to similarity.

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@article{arxiv.2408.04244,
  title  = {Polynomial similarity of pairs of matrices},
  author = {Vitaliy Bondarenko and Anatoliy Petravchuk and Maryna Styopochkina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.04244},
  year   = {2024}
}