A matrix $A\in M_n\left(R\right)$ is $e$-clean provided there exists an idempotent $E\in M_n\left(R\right)$ such that $A-E\in {\mathrm{GL}}_n\left(R\right)$ and $detE=e$. We get a general criterion of $e$-cleanness for the matrix $\left[[a_1,a_2,\cdots ,a_{n+1}]\right]$. Under the $n$-stable range condition, it is shown that $\left[[a_1,a_2,\cdots ,a_{n+1}]\right]$ is $0$-clean iff $(a_1,a_2,\cdots ,a_{n+1})=1$. As an application, we prove that the $0$-cleanness and unit-regularity for such $n\times n$ matrix over a Dedekind domain coincide for all $n\ge 3$. The analogous for $(s,2)$ property is also obtained.

This paper extends some properties of the generalized complementary basic matrices, in particular, in a combinatorial direction. These include inheritance (such as for Alternating Sign Matrices), spectral, and sign pattern matrix (including sign nonsingularity) properties.

In this survey paper, we present (mainly without proof) a number of results on conjugacy and factorization in general linear groups over fields and commutative rings. We also present the additive analogue in matrix rings of some of these results. The first section deals with the question of expressing elements in the commutator subgroup of the general linear group over a field as (simple) commutators. In Section 2, the same kind of problem is discussed for the general linear group over a commutative...