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Proportion of cyclic matrices in maximal reducible matrix algebras

Rings and Algebras 2016-09-07 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

Let M(V)=M(n,Fq){\rm M}(V)={\rm M}(n,\mathbb{F}_q) denote the algebra of n×nn\times n matrices over Fq\mathbb{F}_q, and let M(V)U{\rm M}(V)_U denote the (maximal reducible) subalgebra that normalizes a given rr-dimensional subspace UU of V=FqnV=\mathbb{F}_q^n where 0<r<n0<r<n. We prove that the density of non-cyclic matrices in M(V)U{\rm M}(V)_U is at least q2(1+c1q1)q^{-2}\left(1+c_1q^{-1}\right), and at most q2(1+c2q1)q^{-2}\left(1+c_2q^{-1}\right), where c1c_1 and c2c_2 are constants independent of n,rn,r, and qq. The constants c1=43c_1=-\frac43 and c2=353c_2=\frac{35}3 suffice.

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@article{arxiv.1405.6609,
  title  = {Proportion of cyclic matrices in maximal reducible matrix algebras},
  author = {Scott Brown and Michael Giudici and S. P. Glasby and Cheryl E. Praeger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.6609},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages