On the number of idempotent linear transformations

Let M and N be two subspaces of a finite dimensional vector space V over a finite field F. We can count the number of all idempotent linear transformations T of V such that R(T) ?M and N?N(T), where R(T) and N(T) denote the range space and the null space of T, respectively.     

Infinite injective transformations whose centralizers have simple structure

For an infinite set X, denote by Γ(X) the semigroup of all injective mappings from X to X under function composition. For α ∈ Γ(X), let C(α) = {β ∈ g/g(X): αβ = βα} be the centralizer of α in Γ(X). The aim of this paper is to determine those elements of Γ(X) whose centralizers have simple structure. We find α ∈ (X) such that various Green's relations in C(α) coincide, characterize α ∈ Γ(X) such that the $ \mathcal{J} $ \mathcal{J} -classes of C(α) form a chain, and describe Green's relations in C(α) for α with so-called finite ray-cycle decomposition. If α is a permutation, we also find the structure of C(α) in terms of direct and wreath products of familiar semigroups.     

Regular Moebius transformations of the space of quaternions

Quaternionic Moebius transformations have been investigated for more than 100 years and their properties have been characterized in detail. In recent years G. Gentili and D. C. Struppa introduced a new notion of regular function of a quaternionic variable, which is developing into a quite rich theory. Several properties of regular quaternionic functions are analogous to those of holomorphic functions of one complex variable, although the diversity of the non-commutative setting introduces new phenomena. Unfortunately, the (classical) quaternionic Moebius transformations are not regular. However, in this paper we are able to construct a different class of Moebius-type transformations that are indeed regular. This construction requires several steps: we first find an analog to the Casorati-Weierstrass theorem and use it to prove that the group \({Aut(\mathbb{H})}\) of biregular functions on \({\mathbb{H}}\) coincides with the group of regular affine transformations. We then show that each regular injective function from \({\widehat{\mathbb{H}} = \mathbb{H}\cup \{\infty\}}\) to itself belongs to a special class of transformations, called regular fractional transformations. Among these, we focus on the ones which map the unit ball \({\mathbb{B} = \{q \in \mathbb{H} : |q| < 1 \}}\) onto itself, called regular Moebius transformations. We study their basic properties and we are able to characterize them as the only regular bijections from \({\mathbb{B}}\) to itself.     

Semiprime Goldie centralizers

LetG be a finite group of automorphisms acting on a ringR, andR ^G={fixed points ofG}. We show that under certain conditions onR andG, whenR ^Gis semiprime Goldie then so isR. In particular, ifa∈R is invertible anda ⁿ∈Z(R), thenR ^G,withG generated by the inner automorphism determined bya, is the centralizer ofa—C _R(a). The above result withR ^Greplaced byC _R(a) is shown without the assumption thata is invertible.     

Nonlinear centralizers in homology

It is shown that every nonlinear centralizer from $L_p$ to $L_q$ is trivial unless $q=p$ . This means that if $q\ne p$ , the only exact sequence of quasi-Banach $L_\infty $ -modules and homomorphisms $0\rightarrow L_q\rightarrow Z\rightarrow L_p\rightarrow 0$ is the trivial one where $Z=L_q\oplus L_p$ . From this it follows that the space of centralizers on $L_p$ is essentially independent on $p\in (0,\infty )$ , which confirms a conjecture by Kalton.     

On centralizers of reflexive algebras

Let ${\mathcal{L}}$ be a subspace lattice on a complex Banach space X and δ be a linear mapping from ${alg\mathcal{L}}$ into B(X) such that for every ${A \in alg\mathcal{L}, 2\delta(A^2)=\delta(A)A + A\delta(A)}$ or ${\delta(A^3) = A\delta(A)A}$ . We show that if one of the following holds (1) ${\vee\{L : L \in \mathcal{J}(\mathcal{L})\}=X}$ , (2) ${\wedge\{L_-: L \in \mathcal{J}(\mathcal{L})\}=(0)}$ and X is reflexive, then δ is a centralizer. We also show that if ${\mathcal{L}}$ is a CSL and δ is a linear mapping from ${alg\mathcal{L}}$ into itself, then δ is a centralizer.     

Products of idempotent matrices

For some years it has been known that every singular square matrix over an arbitrary field F is a product of idempotent matrices over F. This paper quantifies that result to some extent. Main result: for every field F and every pair (n,k) of positive integers, an n×n matrix S over F is a product of k idempotent matrices over F iff rank(I ? S)?k· nullity S. The proof of the “if” part involves only elementary matrix operations and may thus be regarded as constructive. Corollary: (for every field F and every positive integer n) each singular n×n matrix over F is a product of n idempotent matrices over F, and there is a singular n×n matrix over F which is not a product of n ? 1 idempotent matrices.     

Fully idempotent homomorphisms

For arbitrary modules A and B we introduce and study the notion of a fully idempotent Hom (A, B). As a corollary we obtain some well-known properties of fully idempotent rings and modules.