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In this paper, the length of the group algebra of a dihedral group in the modular case is computed under the assumption that the order of the group is a power of two. Various methods for studying the length of a group algebra in the modular case are considered. It is proved that the length of the group algebra of a dihedral group of order 2k+1 over an arbitrary field of characteristic 2 is equal to 2k.

The matrix relation AB = CBA is investigated. An explicit description of the space of matrices B satisfying this relation is obtained for an arbitrary fixed matrix C and a diagonalizable matrix A. The connection between this space and the family of right annihilators of the matrices A−λC, where λ ranges over the set of eigenvalues of the matrix A, is studied. In the case where AB = CBA, AC = CA, and BC = CB, a canonical form for A,B,C, generalizing Thompson’s result for invertible A,B,C, is introduced. Also bounds for the lengths of pairs of matrices {A,B} of the form indicated are provided. Bibliography: 26 titles.

The paper evaluates the lengths of group algebras of all groups of orders not exceeding 7 over an arbitrary field.

The paper studies two numerical characteristics of matrix incidence algebras over finite fields associated with generating sets of such algebras: the minimal cardinality of a generating set and the length of an algebra. Generating sets are understood in the usual sense, the identity of the algebra being considered a word of length 0 in generators, and also in the strict sense, where this assumption is not used. A criterion for a subset to generate an incidence algebra in the strict sense is obtained. For all matrix incidence algebras, the minimum cardinality of a generating set and a generating set in the strict sense are determined as functions of the field cardinality and the order of the matrices. Some new results on the lengths of such algebras are obtained. In particular, the length of the algebra of “almost” diagonal matrices is determined, and a new upper bound for the length of an arbitrary matrix incidence algebra is obtained.

For the pairs of quasi-commuting matrices we completely characterize natural numbers that can be realized as the lengths of these pairs of generators.

We describe matrices with extremal generalized centralizers over algebraically closed fields.

The notion of graph generated by the mutual orthogonality relation for the elements of an associative ring is introduced. The main attention is paid to the commutative rings and to the matrix ring over a field and its various subrings and subsets. In particular, the diameters of the orthogonality graphs of the full matrix algebra over an arbitrary field and its subsets consisting of diagonal, diagonalizable, triangularizable, and nilpotent matrices are computed. Bibliography: 36 titles.

A sharp upper bound for the length of an algebra as a function of the index of nilpotency of its Jacobson radical and the length of the quotient algebra by the radical is obtained.

By the length of a finite system of generators for a finite-dimensional associative algebra over an arbitrary field we mean the least positive integer k such that words of length not exceeding k span this algebra (as a vector space). The maximum length for the systems of generators of an algebra is referred to as the length of the algebra. In the present paper, we study the main ring-theoretical properties of the length function: the behavior of the length under unity adjunction, direct sum of algebras, passage to subalgebras and homomorphic images. We give an upper bound for the length of the algebra as a function of the nilpotency index of its Jacobson radical and the length of the quotient algebra. We also provide examples of length computation for certain algebras, in particular, for the following classical matrix subalgebras: the algebra of upper triangular matrices, the algebra of diagonal matrices, the Schur algebra, Courter’s algebra, and for the classes of local and commutative algebras.

Linear algebraic version of celebrated Double Centralizing Theorem states that the set of matrices commuting with all matrices from a centralizer of a given matrix [Formula: see text] coincides with the set of polynomials in [Formula: see text]. We examine the existence of an analogue of this classical result once commutativity is substituted by commutativity up to a factor, which is an important relation in quantum physics.

We study the length of constructions such as a quotient algebra, a direct sum of algebras, and a subalgebra, which occur in the classical Birkhoff theorem. An upper bound for the length of local algebras is obtained.

Let {ie910-01} be a field and let {ie910-02} be a finite-dimensional {ie910-03}-algebra. We define the length of a finite generating set of this algebra as the smallest number k such that words of length not greater than k generate {ie910-04} as a vector space, and the length of the algebra is the maximum of the lengths of its generating sets. In this article, we give a series of examples of length computation for matrix subalgebras. In particular, we evaluate the lengths of certain upper triangular matrix subalgebras and their direct sums, and the lengths of classical commutative matrix subalgebras. The connection between the length of an algebra and the lengths of its subalgebras is also studied.

Commutative subalgebras of length n − 1 in the full matrix algebra of order n over an arbitrary field are characterized in terms of generating elements.

It is proved that if the length of a commutative matrix subalgebra is maximal then this subalgebra is maximal under inclusion. The examples are given showing that the converse does not hold. To establish this result, we prove several fundamental properties of the length function.