Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-15-2019
Publication Title
Linear Algebra and Its Applications
First Page
46
Last Page
62
DOI
10.1016/j.laa.2019.08.014
Additional Publication URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2019.08.014
Abstract
Given an n n matrix A over C and an invariant subspace N, a straightforward formula constructs an n n matrix N that commutes with A and has N = kerN. For Q a matrix putting A into Jordan canonical form, J = Q1AQ, we get N = Q1M where M= ker(M) is an invariant subspace for J with M commuting with J. In the formula J = PZT1Pt, the matrices Z and T are m m and P is an n m row selection matrix. If N is a marked subspace, m = n and Z is an n n block diagonal matrix, and if N is not a marked subspace, then m > n and Z is an m m near-diagonal block matrix. Strikingly, each block of Z is a monomial of a nite-dimensional backward shift. Each possible form of Z is easily arranged in a lattice structure isomorphic to and thereby displaying the complete invariant subspace lattice L(A) for A.
Rights
This is a author's manuscript version of an article originally published in Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 2019, Volume 583, 46 - 62.
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Recommended Citation
Cowen, Carl C.; Johnston, William; and Wahl, Rebecca G., "Constructing invariant subspaces as kernels of commuting matrices" Linear Algebra and Its Applications / (2019): 46-62.
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