Linear maps preserving product of involutions
An element of the algebra $M_n(\mathbb{F})$ of $n \times n$ matrices over a field $\mathbb{F}$ is called an involution if its square equals the identity matrix. Gustafson, Halmos, and Radjavi proved that any product of involutions in $M_n(\mathbb{F})$ can be expressed as a product of at most four involutions. In this article, we investigate the bijective linear preservers of the sets of products of two, three, or four involutions in $M_n(\mathbb{F})$.
Publication Details
- Journal
- ArXiv.org
- Published
- 2025-04-19
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Topics in Algebra
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00