On Kolchin's theorem.

Israel N. Herstein

Revista Matemática Iberoamericana (1986)

  • Volume: 2, Issue: 3, page 263-265
  • ISSN: 0213-2230

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A well-known theorem due to Kolchin states that a semi-group G of unipotent matrices over a field F can be brought to a triangular form over the field F [4, Theorem H]. Recall that a matrix A is called unipotent if its only eigenvalue is 1, or, equivalently, if the matrix I - A is nilpotent.Many years ago I noticed that this result of Kolchin is an immediate consequence of a too-little known result due to Wedderburn [6]. This result of Wedderburn asserts that if B is a finite dimensional algebra over a field F, which has a basis consisting of nilpotent elements the B itself must be nilpotent, that is Bk = (0) for some positive integer k.

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Herstein, Israel N.. "On Kolchin's theorem.." Revista Matemática Iberoamericana 2.3 (1986): 263-265. <http://eudml.org/doc/39326>.

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