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Commuting maps on rank-$k$ matrices

Rings and Algebras 2012-12-05 v1

Abstract

Let n2n\geq2 be a natural number. Let Mn(K)M_n(\mathbb{K}) be the ring of all n×nn \times n matrices over a field K\mathbb{K}. Fix natural number kk satisfying 1<kn1<k\leq n. Under a mild technical assumption over K\mathbb{K} we will show that additive maps G:Mn(K)Mn(K)G:M_n(\mathbb{K})\to M_n(\mathbb{K}) such that [G(x),x]=0[G(x),x]=0 for every rank-kk matrix xMn(K)x\in M_n(\mathbb{K}) are of form λx+μ(x)\lambda x + \mu(x), where λZ\lambda\in Z, μ:Mn(K)Z\mu:M_n(\mathbb{K})\to Z, and ZZ stands for the center of Mn(K)M_n(\mathbb{K}). Furthermore, we shall see an example that there are additive maps such that [G(x),x]=0[G(x),x]=0 for all rank-1 matrices that are not of the form λx+μ(x)\lambda x + \mu(x). We will also discuss the mm-additive case.

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@article{arxiv.1212.0588,
  title  = {Commuting maps on rank-$k$ matrices},
  author = {Willian Versolati Franca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0588},
  year   = {2012}
}

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7 pages

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