# Positive matrix semigroups with binary diagonals

Positive matrix semigroups with binary diagonals We show that a semigroup of positive matrices (all entries greater than or equal to zero) with binary diagonals (diagonal entries either 0 or 1) is either decomposable (all matrices in the semigroup have a common zero entry) or is similar, via a positive diagonal matrix, to a binary semigroup (all entries 0 or 1). In the case where the idempotents of minimal rank in $${\mathcal{S}}$$ satisfy a “diagonal disjointness” condition, we obtain additional structural information. In the case where the semigroup is not necessarily positive but has binary diagonals we show that either the semigroup is reducible or the minimal rank ideal is a binary semigroup. We also give generalizations of these results to operators acting on the Hilbert space of square-summable sequences. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Positivity Springer Journals

# Positive matrix semigroups with binary diagonals

, Volume 15 (3) – Oct 30, 2010
30 pages

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Publisher
SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Subject
Mathematics; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Econometrics; Potential Theory; Operator Theory; Fourier Analysis
ISSN
1385-1292
eISSN
1572-9281
D.O.I.
10.1007/s11117-010-0092-6
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### Abstract

We show that a semigroup of positive matrices (all entries greater than or equal to zero) with binary diagonals (diagonal entries either 0 or 1) is either decomposable (all matrices in the semigroup have a common zero entry) or is similar, via a positive diagonal matrix, to a binary semigroup (all entries 0 or 1). In the case where the idempotents of minimal rank in $${\mathcal{S}}$$ satisfy a “diagonal disjointness” condition, we obtain additional structural information. In the case where the semigroup is not necessarily positive but has binary diagonals we show that either the semigroup is reducible or the minimal rank ideal is a binary semigroup. We also give generalizations of these results to operators acting on the Hilbert space of square-summable sequences.

### Journal

PositivitySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 30, 2010

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