{ "id": "math/9512224", "version": "v1", "published": "1995-12-19T19:47:26.000Z", "updated": "1995-12-19T19:47:26.000Z", "title": "An Explicit Formula for the Number of Solutions of X^2=0 in Triangular Matrices over a Finite Field", "authors": [ "Shalosh B. Ekhad", "Doron Zeilberger" ], "comment": "Plain TeX", "journal": "Elec. J. Comb. 3(1)(1996), R2", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "We prove an explicit formula for the number of $n \\times n$ upper triangular matrices, over $GF(q)$, whose square is the zero matrix. This formula was recently conjectured by Sasha Kirillov and Anna Melnikov[KM].", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1995-12-19T19:47:26.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "explicit formula", "finite field", "upper triangular matrices", "anna melnikov", "sasha kirillov" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "Plain TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "1995math.....12224E" } } }