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J. Korean Math. Soc. 1995; 32(3): 531-540

Printed September 1, 1995

Copyright © The Korean Mathematical Society.

Column ranks and their preservers of general Boolean matrices

Seok-Zun Song and Sang-Gu Lee

Cheju National University and Sung Kyun Kwan University

Abstract

We show the extent of the difference between semiring rank and column rank of matrices over finite Boolean algebra. We also obtain the characterizations of linear operators that preserve column ranks of general Boolean matrices.

Keywords: Boolean column rank, linear operator

MSC numbers: Primary 15A03, 15A04