A footnote on quaternion block-tridiagonal systems.
The Cartan matrix of a finite dimensional algebra A is an important combinatorial invariant reflecting frequently structural properties of the algebra and its module category. For example, one of the important features of the modular representation theory of finite groups is the nonsingularity of Cartan matrices of the associated group algebras (Brauer’s theorem). Recently, the class of all tame selfinjective algebras having simply connected Galois coverings and the stable Auslander-Reiten quiver...
We prove that any quaternionic matrix of order n ≤3 admits a characteristic function, whose roots are the left eigenvalues, that satisfes Cayley-Hamilton theorem.