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Sylvester’s matrix equation and Roth’s removal rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

F. Gerrish  and
A. J. B. Ward
F. Gerrish
Affiliation:
43 Roman’s Way, Pyrford, Woking, Surrey GU22 8TR
A. J. B. Ward
Affiliation:
19, Woodside Close, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 9JU
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In 1952 W. E. Roth published two theorems, one of which has come to be known as Roth’s removal rule and (slightly generalised) goes as follows. [Recall that square matrices M, N are similar when there is an invertible matrix R such that RMR-1 = N. The matrix entries can be elements from any field, although for simplicity we shall call them ‘numbers’.]

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 495 , November 1998 , pp. 423 - 430
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1998

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