Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4601581 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

We show that every A∈Mn(Z2k-1) can be written as a sum of orthogonal matrices (QQT=QTQ=I) in Mn(Z2k-1). Moreover, we show that every A∈Mn(Z2k) can be written as a sum of orthogonal matrices in Mn(Z2k) if and only if the row sums and column sums of A have the same parities.

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