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Sums of quadratic endomorphisms of an infinite-dimensional vector space

Rings and Algebras 2016-09-27 v2

Abstract

We prove that every endomorphism of an infinite-dimensional vector space splits as the sum of four idempotents and as the sum of four square-zero endomorphisms, a result that is optimal in general.

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@article{arxiv.1601.00296,
  title  = {Sums of quadratic endomorphisms of an infinite-dimensional vector space},
  author = {Clément de Seguins Pazzis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.00296},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

14 pages (Proposition 5 contained an error in earlier versions: it has been corrected)