Let K be a field and let UTn(K) and Tn(K) denote the groups of all unitriangular and triangular matrices over field K, respectively. In the paper, the lattices of verbal subgroups of these groups are characterized. Consequently the equalities between certain verbal subgroups and their verbal width are determined. The considerations bring a series of verbal subgroups with exactly known finite wi...

We prove some new equivalences of Anderson’s paving conjectures. Among these are a paving conjecture for positive matrices and for strictly upper triangular matrices.

We show that a Jordan algebra of compact quasinilpotent operators which contains a nonzero trace class operator has a common invariant subspace. As a consequence of this result, we obtain that a Jordan algebra of quasinilpotent Schatten operators is simultaneously triangularizable.

Generators are found for the field of invariants of coadjoint representations for the Lie algebras that are factors of a unitriangular Lie algebra by some regular ideal.

An m by n sign pattern A is an m by n matrix with entries in {+,−, 0}. The sign pattern A requires a positive (resp. nonnegative) left inverse provided each real matrix with sign pattern A has a left inverse with all entries positive (resp. nonnegative). In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a sign pattern to require a positive or nonnegative left inverse. It is also ...

In this paper we obtain appropriate necessary and sufficient conditions for |N, pn|k summability to imply that of |N,qn|s for 1< k≤ s<∞. As in [6] we make use of a result of Bennett [1], who has obtained necessary and sufficient conditions for a factorable matrix to map lk → ls. A factorable matrix A is one in which each entry ank = bnck. Weighted mean matrices are factorable. It will not be po...

We give several new characterizations of Riordan Arrays, the most important of which is: if fd n;k g n;k2N is a lower triangular array whose generic element d n;k linearly depends on the elements in a well-deened though large area of the array, then fd n;k g n;k2N is Riordan. We also provide some applications of these characterizations to the lattice path theory.