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2014 On commutators of matrices over unital rings
Michael Kaufman, Lillian Pasley
Involve 7(6): 769-772 (2014). DOI: 10.2140/involve.2014.7.769

Abstract

Let R be a unital ring and let XMn(R) be any upper triangular matrix of trace zero. Then there exist matrices A and B in Mn(R) such that X=[A,B].

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Michael Kaufman. Lillian Pasley. "On commutators of matrices over unital rings." Involve 7 (6) 769 - 772, 2014. https://doi.org/10.2140/involve.2014.7.769

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Received: 9 August 2013; Revised: 4 March 2014; Accepted: 8 March 2014; Published: 2014
First available in Project Euclid: 20 December 2017

zbMATH: 1307.15026
MathSciNet: MR3284883
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/involve.2014.7.769

Subjects:
Primary: 15A54
Secondary: 16S50

Keywords: matrix algebra , Trace , unital ring

Rights: Copyright © 2014 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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