FROM PRIMITIVE SPACES OF BOUNDED RANK MATRICES TO A GENERALIZED GERSTENHABER THEOREM

Primitive Spaces of Matrices of Bounded Rank

A weak canonical form is derived for vector spaces of m x n matrices all of rank at most r. This shows that the structure of such spaces is controlled by the structure of an associated 'primitive' space. In the case of primitive spaces it is shown that m and n are bounded by functions of r and that these bounds are tight. 1980 Mathematics subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 15 A 30, 15 A...

Primitive Spaces of Matrices of Bounded Rank.ii

The classification of spaces of matrices of bounded rank is known to depend upon 'primitive' spaces, whose structure is considerably restricted. A characterisation of an infinite class of primitive spaces is given. The result is then applied to obtain a complete description of spaces whose matrices have rank at most 3. 1980 Mathematics subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc): 15 A 30, 15 A 03.

Spaces of Matrices of Bounded Rank

IN this paper we shall consider matrices over a field F and shall prove the following result: THEOREM. Let M be a 2-dimensional space o/mxn matrices with the property that rank (X) *£ k < \F\ for every XeM. Then there exist two integers r, s, O^r, s *£ fc with r + s = k, and two non-singular matrices P, Q such that, for all XeM, PXQ has the form Notice that a matrix of the above form necessaril...

A brief introduction to quaternion matrices and linear algebra and on bounded groups of quaternion matrices

The division algebra of real quaternions, as the only noncommutative normed division real algebra up to isomorphism of normed algebras, is of great importance. In this note, first we present a brief introduction to quaternion matrices and quaternion linear algebra. This, among other things, will help us present the counterpart of a theorem of Herman Auerbach in the setting of quaternions. More ...

A Fixed Point Theorem in Generalized D-metric Spaces