NilpotentsLeave No Trace: A Matrix Mystery for Pandemic Times

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

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Grinberg, Eric L.¹ 

[1] University of Massachusetts Boston

关键词: nilpotent matrix;    singular matrix;    row reduced echelon form;    RREF;    null space;    kernel;    Jorge Luis Borges;    mystery;   

DOI  :  10.5642/jhummath.202201.10

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Reopening a cold case, Inspector Echelon, high-ranking in the Row Operations Center, is searching for a lost linear map, known to be nilpotent. When a partially decomposed matrix is unearthed, he reconstructs its reduced form, finding it singular. But were its origins nilpotent.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND