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Semigroups of non-negative integral matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Craig M. Cordes
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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In [1], Pall proved an interesting result on a certain class of 2 × 2 integral matrices. He showed that the semigroup of 2 × 2 matrices of determinant 1 and non-negative entries contains exactly 2 primes , and every other non-unit is expressible uniquely as products of these primes. Before formally stating this result, we need some notation. Let Gn denote the semigroup of n × n matrices with determinant 1 and nonnegative integral entries, In the n × n identity matrix, the n × n matrix with a 1 as its (i, j) element and zeros elsewhere, and let . When the dimension is clear, we shall drop the superscripts.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1974

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1.Pall, Gordon, Binary quadratic and cubic forms and unipositive matrices; to appear in J. Number Theory.Google Scholar