Nilpotent Matrix - Flag of Subspaces

Flag of Subspaces

A nilpotent transformation L on Rn naturally determines a flag of subspaces

and a signature

The signature characterizes L up to an invertible linear transformation. Furthermore, it satisfies the inequalities

Conversely, any sequence of natural numbers satisfying these inequalities is the signature of a nilpotent transformation.

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