On the number of invariant factors of matrix products

We prove an inequality relating the number of nontrivial invariant factors of n × n matrices A and B, with those of AB, and get some results on the cases of equality. In particular, we characterize the similarity classes, and , with all eigenvalues in the base field, such that AB is nilpotent for so...

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Main Author: Sá, E. Marques de (author)
Other Authors: Zhang, Yu Lin (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4631
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/4631