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A new proof of the Protasov-Voynov theorem on semigroups of nonnegative matrices. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1426.15013

Math. Notes 105, No. 6, 805-811 (2019); translation from Mat. Zametki 105, No. 6, 807-815 (2019).
Summary: A new combinatorial proof of the Protasov-Voynov theorem on the structure of irreducible semigroups of nonnegative matrices is proposed. The original proof was obtained by geometric methods.

MSC:

15A21 Canonical forms, reductions, classification
15B48 Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices
05A05 Permutations, words, matrices
20M05 Free semigroups, generators and relations, word problems
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