Unsolvability in 3 × 3 Matrices

Michael S. Paterson

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Published: Mar 1, 1970

DOI: 10.1002/sapm1970491105

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A set of 3 × 3 matrices over the integers will be said to be mortal if the zero matrix can be expressed as a finite product of members of the set. It is shown in this paper that the problem of deciding whether a given finite set is mortal is recursively unsolvable.

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