In general semimodules, we say that the image of a linear operator B and the kernel of a linear operator C are direct factors if every equivalence class modulo C crosses the image of B at a unique point. For linear maps represented by matrices over certain idempotent semifields such as the (max,+)-semiring, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for an image and a kernel to be direct facto...

The paper gives the systematic characterization of eigenspace in max-T algebra where T is equal to Łukasiewicz t-norm. Max-Łukasiewicz fuzzy algebra can be used for the description of the states of Discrete-event systems. The states can represent a balance of the resource unit expended during the evolution of the system (for example fuel or money). In the contribution, the classification of max...

We investigate different notions of linear independence and of matrix rank that are relevant for max-plus or tropical semirings. The factor rank and tropical rank have already received attention, we compare them with the ranks defined in terms of signed tropical determinants or arising from a notion of linear independence introduced by Gondran and Minoux. To do this, we revisit the symmetrizati...

We describe an application of the Legendre transform to communication networks. The Legendre transform applied to max-plus algebra linear systems corresponds to the Fourier transform applied to conventional linear systems. Hence, it is a powerful tool that can be applied to max-plus linear systems and their identification. Linear max-plus algebra has been already used to describe simple data co...

Introduction. Let K be a simple ring with identity and let A be a harmonic ^-algebra with identity, where neither K nor A is assumed to be commutative. If one denotes the set of maximal ideals in A by Max(^4), then A is strongly semisimple iff S(A) = C\MGMBX(A) M = (0). We assume that A is strongly semisimple and note that this implies that A is Jacobson semisimple. One may equip Max(.4) with t...