The left greatest common divisor and the left least common multiple of all solutions of the matrix equation BX = A over a commutative elementary divisor domain

  • V. P. Shchedryk Institute of Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics named after Ya. S. Pidstryhach of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Abstract

UDC 512.64

The explicit form of the left greatest common divisor and the left least common multiple of all solutions to the solvable matrix equation $BX=A$ over a commutative domain of elementary divisors is given.
It is proved that they are solutions too.

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Published
22.02.2021
How to Cite
ShchedrykV. P. “The Left Greatest Common Divisor and the Left Least Common Multiple of All Solutions of the Matrix Equation BX = A over a Commutative Elementary Divisor Domain”. Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 73, no. 2, Feb. 2021, pp. 261 -67, doi:10.37863/umzh.v73i2.6321.
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