On the block structure and frobenius normal form of powers of matrices

Mashael M. Albaidani, Judi J. McDonald

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Abstract

The Frobenius normal form of a matrix is an important tool in analyzing its properties. When a matrix is powered up, the Frobenius normal form of the original matrix and that of its powers need not be the same. In this article, conditions on a matrix A and the power q are provided so that for any invertible matrix S, if S−1Aq S is block upper triangular, then so is S−1AS when partitioned conformably. The result is established for general matrices over any field. It is also observed that the contributions of the index of cyclicity to the spectral properties of a matrix hold over any field. The article concludes by applying the block upper triangular powers result to the cone Frobenius normal form of powers of a eventually cone nonnegative matrix.

Original languageEnglish
Article number18
Pages (from-to)297-306
Number of pages10
JournalElectronic Journal of Linear Algebra
Volume35
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Block upper triangular matrices
  • Cones
  • Eventually nonnegative matrices
  • Fields
  • Frobenius normal form

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