A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING MATRIX COMMUTATORS

Authors

Soumyashant Nayak, Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Mathematics Student

Abstract

It is well known that a square matrix over a field is a commutator if and only if it has trace zero. We give a conceptual proof of this result for square matrices over algebraically closed fields.

First Page

219

Last Page

223

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Recommended Citation

Nayak, Soumyashant, "A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING MATRIX COMMUTATORS" (2022). Journal Articles. 3320.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/3320