Abstract
It is proved that if the length of a commutative matrix subalgebra is maximal then this subalgebra is maximal under inclusion. The examples are given showing that the converse does not hold. To establish this result, we prove several fundamental properties of the length function.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1790-1805 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Linear Algebra and Its Applications |
Volume | 430 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is partially supported by the grants: RFBR 08-01-00693a, MK-2718.2007.1 and NSh-1983.2008.1. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: guterman@list.ru (A.E. Guterman).
Keywords
- Commutative matrix algebras
- Finite-dimensional algebras
- Matrix length