Rank equalities related to outer inverses of matrices and applications

A matrix X is called an outer inverse for a matrix A if XAX=X. In this paper, we present some basic rank equalities for difference and sum of outer inverses of a matrix, and apply them to characterize various equalities related to outer inverses, Moore-Penrose inverses, group inverses, Drazin inverses and weighted Moore-Penrose inverses of matrices.     

The Moore-Penrose inverse for sums of matrices under rank additivity conditions

Some results on the Moore-Penrose inverse for sums of matrices under rank additivity conditions are revisited and some new consequences are presented. Their extensions to the weighted Moore-Penrose inverse of sums of matrices under rank additivity conditions are also considered.     

Some identities for Moore-Penrose inverses of matrix products

A group of identities are established for the Moore-Penrose inverses and the weighted Moore-Penrose inverses of matrix products AB and ABC. Some consequences and applications are also presented.     

Some rank equalities and inequalities for Kronecker products of matrices

A set of rank equalities and inequalities are established for block matrices consisting of Kronecker products. Various consequences are also given.     

Some rank equalities and inequalities for Kronecker products of matrices

A set of rank equalities and inequalities are established for block matrices consisting of Kronecker products. Various consequences are also given.     

On some matrix equalities for generalized inverses with applications

Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for the matrix equality A^-=PN^-Q to hold, where A^- and N^- are generalized inverses of matrices. Some consequences and applications are also given. In particular, necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for the additive decompositions C^-=A^-+B^- and to hold.     

Cochran's statistical theorem for outer inverses of matrices and matrix quadratic forms

We extend the matrix version of Cochran's statistical theorem to outer inverses of a matrix. As applications, we investigate the Wishartness and independence of matrix quadratic forms for Kronecker product covariance structures.     

Cochran's statistical theorem for outer inverses of matrices and matrix quadratic forms

We extend the matrix version of Cochran's statistical theorem to outer inverses of a matrix. As applications, we investigate the Wishartness and independence of matrix quadratic forms for Kronecker product covariance structures.     

The generalized Schur complement in group inverses and (k 1)-potent matrices

In this article, two facts related to the generalized Schur complement are studied. The first one is to find necessary and sufficient conditions to characterize when the group inverse of a partitioned matrix can be expressed in the Schur form. The other one is to develop a formula for any power of the generalized Schur complement of an idempotent partitioned matrix and then to characterize when this generalized Schur complement is a (k+1)-potent matrix. In addition, some spectral theory related to this complement is analyzed.     

Rank-one nonincreasing mappings on triangular matrices and some related preserver problems

Let T_n (F) be the algebra of all n×n upper triangular matrices over an arbitrary field F. We first characterize those rank-one nonincreasing mappings ψ: T_n (F)→T_m (F)n?m such that ψ(I_n ) is of rank n. We next deduce from this result certain types of singular rank-one r-potent preservers and nonzero r-potent preservers on T_n (F). Characterizations of certain classes of homomorphisms and semi-homomorphisms on T_n (F) are also given.     

Large spaces of symmetric matrices of bounded rank are decomposable

Let k and n be positive integers such that k≤n. Let S_n(F) denote the space of all n×n symmetric matrices over the field F with char F≠2. A subspace L of S_n(F) is said to be a k-subspace if rank A≤k for every AεL.

Now suppose that k is even, and write k=2r. We say a k∥-subspace of S_n(F) is decomposable if there exists in Fⁿ a subspace W of dimension n-r such that x^tAx=0 for every xεWAεL.

We show here, under some mild assumptions on kn and F, that every k∥-subspace of S_n(F) of sufficiently large dimension must be decomposable. This is an analogue of a result obtained by Atkinson and Lloyd for corresponding subspaces of F^m,n.     

Bounds on the inverses of nonnegative triangular matrices with monotonicity properties

Some bounds on the entries and on the norm of the inverse of triangular matrices with nonnegative and monotone entries are found. All the results are obtained by exploiting the properties of the fundamental matrix of the recurrence relation which generates the sequence of the entries of the inverse matrix. One of the results generalizes a theorem contained in a recent article of one of the authors about Toeplitz matrices.     

Additive maps preserving M-P inverses of matrices over Fields

Suppose F is a field of characteristic not 2 or 3. A characterization is given for all additive maps, on the algebra of all n × n matrices over F. which preserve Moore -Penrose(M-P) Inverses of matrices.     

Linear preservers of matrices of rank-2

Let T be a linear operator on the space of all m×n matrices over any field. we prove that if T maps rank-2 matrices to rank-2 matrices then there exist nonsingular matrices U and V such that either T(X)=UXV for all matrices X, or m=n and T(X)=UX^tV for all matrices X where X^t denotes the transpose of X.     

Some identities for Moore–Penrose inverses of matrix products

A group of identities are established for the Moore–Penrose inverses and the weighted Moore–Penrose inverses of matrix products AB and ABC. Some consequences and applications are also presented.     

Some research problems on the hadamard product and singular values of matrices

We pose some problems on the Hadamard product and singular values of matrices.     

Extremal matrices in certain determinantal inequalities

The extremal matrices in certain inequalities for determinants of sums are characterized. Related determinantal inequalities involving Hadamard products of positive definite matrices are presented. These inequalities are easy consequences of majorization results recently obtained by Ando and Visick.     

Perturbation of systems of linear algebraic equations ∗

A classical perturbation result for nonsingular systems of linear algebraic equations is extended to general consistent systems under any norm. An optimal perturbation result is also obtained for general linear least squares problems under a Euclidean norm.