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Jacobsons Lemma fails for nil-clean 2 × 2 integral matrices

Grigore Călugăreanu
Grigore Călugăreanu
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Horia F. Pop
Horia F. Pop
   | Dec 28, 2020
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Published Online: Dec 28, 2020
Page range: 83 - 88
Received: Jan 02, 2020
Accepted: Jan 17, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auom-2020-0035
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We show that for two 2 × 2 integral matrices A, B, if the product AB is nil-clean then BA may not be nil-clean. Despite the fact that for many special cases, BA is also nil-clean, we finally found three counterexamples. All the way, the computer aid was decisive.

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