The outer generalized inverse of an even-order tensor

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the outer inverse of a tensor with the Einstein product are studied. This generalized inverse of a tensor unifies several generalized inverses of tensors introduced recently in the literature, including the weighted Moore-Penrose, the Moore-Penrose, and the Drazin inverses. The outer inverse of a tensor is expressed through the matrix unfolding of a tensor and the tensor folding. This expression is used to find a characterization of the outer inverse through group inverses, establish the behavior of outer inverse under a small perturbation, and show the existence of a full rank factorization of a tensor and obtain the expression of the outer inverse using full rank factorization. The tensor reverse rule of the weighted Moore-Penrose and Moore-Penrose inverses is examined and equivalent conditions are also developed.

The outer inverse f(2)T,S of a homomorphism of right R-modules

In this paper, we introduce the definition of the generalized inverse f(2)T,S, which is an outer inverse of the homomorphism f of right R-modules with prescribed image T and kernel S. Some basic properties of the generalized inverse f(2)T,S are presented. It is shown that the Drazin inverse, the group inverse and the Moore-Penrose inverse, if they exist, are all the generalized inverse f 2) T,S. In addition, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the generalized inverse f(1,2)T,S.

Rank Function and Outer Inverses

For the class of matrices over a field, the notion of `rank of a matrix' as defined by `the dimension of subspace generated by columns of that matrix' is folklore and cannot be generalized to the class of matrices over an arbitrary commutative ring. The `determinantal rank' defined by the size of largest submatrix having nonzero determinant, which is same as the column rank of given matrix when the commutative ring under consideration is a field, was considered to be the best alternative for the `rank' in the class of matrices over a commutative ring. Even this determinantal rank and the McCoy rank are not so efficient in describing several characteristics of matrices like in the case of discussing solvability of linear system. In the present article, the `rank--function' associated with the matrix as defined in [{\it Solvability of linear equations and rank--function}, K. Manjunatha Prasad, \url{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00927879708825854}] is discussed and the same is used to provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of an outer inverse with specific column space and row space. Also, a rank condition is presented for the existence of Drazin inverse, as a special case of an outer inverse, and an iterative procedure to verify the same in terms of sum of principal minors of the given square matrix over a commutative ring is discussed.