{"title":"On products and sums of coninvolutory matrices","authors":"Daryl Q. Granario","doi":"10.1016/j.laa.2026.01.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A complex matrix <em>A</em> is said to be coninvolutory if <em>A</em> is nonsingular and its inverse is its conjugate <span><math><mover><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover></math></span>. We show that every complex matrix <em>A</em> with <span><math><mo>|</mo><mi>det</mi><mo></mo><mi>A</mi><mo>|</mo><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span> is a product of four coninvolutory matrices. We also characterize matrices that are products of three coninvolutory matrices. Finally, we give a concanonical form characterization for matrices that are sums of two coninvolutory matrices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18043,"journal":{"name":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","volume":"735 ","pages":"Pages 175-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Linear Algebra and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024379526000169","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/1/14 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A complex matrix A is said to be coninvolutory if A is nonsingular and its inverse is its conjugate . We show that every complex matrix A with is a product of four coninvolutory matrices. We also characterize matrices that are products of three coninvolutory matrices. Finally, we give a concanonical form characterization for matrices that are sums of two coninvolutory matrices.
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Linear Algebra and its Applications publishes articles that contribute new information or new insights to matrix theory and finite dimensional linear algebra in their algebraic, arithmetic, combinatorial, geometric, or numerical aspects. It also publishes articles that give significant applications of matrix theory or linear algebra to other branches of mathematics and to other sciences. Articles that provide new information or perspectives on the historical development of matrix theory and linear algebra are also welcome. Expository articles which can serve as an introduction to a subject for workers in related areas and which bring one to the frontiers of research are encouraged. Reviews of books are published occasionally as are conference reports that provide an historical record of major meetings on matrix theory and linear algebra.