Matrices commuting with a given normal tropical matrix
Matrices commuting with a given normal tropical matrix
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DOI:
10.1016/j.laa.2015.04.032
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发表时间:
2012-09
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
J. Linde;M. J. Puente
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作者:
J. Linde;M. J. Puente
Consider the space M n nor of square normal matrices X=(x i j) over R∪{−∞}, ie,−∞≤ x i j≤ 0 and x i i= 0. Endow M n nor with the tropical sum⊕ and multiplication⊙. Fix a real matrix A∈ M n nor and consider the set Ω (A) of matrices in M n nor which commute with A. We prove that Ω (A) is a finite union of alcoved polytopes; in particular, Ω (A) is a finite union of convex sets. The set Ω A (A) of X such that A⊙ X= X⊙ A= A is also a finite union of alcoved polytopes. The same is true for the set Ω′(A) of X such that A⊙ X= X⊙ A= X. A topology is given to M n nor. Then, the set Ω A (A) is a neighborhood of the identity matrix I. If A is strictly normal, then Ω′(A) is a neighborhood of the zero matrix. In one case, Ω (A) is a neighborhood of A. We give an upper bound for the dimension of Ω′(A). We explore the relationship between the polyhedral complexes span A, span X and span (A X), when A and X commute. Two matrices, denoted A ̲ and A¯, arise from A, in connection with Ω (A). The geometric meaning of them is given in detail, for one example. We produce examples of matrices which commute, in any dimension.