FACTORIZATION OF AUTOMORPHISMS OF A MODULE OVER A LOCAL RING
Let Rbe a commutative local ring with the identity 1 and the unique maximal ideal M be a free module of rank nover R, and s be in
Then, we factorize Minto a direct sum of mfree submodules such that each is s-invariant modulo for and mis the number of the polynomials in the system of invariants of smodulo
Further it is shown that there exists a basis Xfor Mover Rfor which sis factorized into a product of elements in in the form of
where each is a cyclic permutation on X, each is simple, i.e., fixes elements in X. If 2 is a unit in R, then can be replaced by a product of symmetries in As a result if 2 is a unit in R, then sis a product of nor less than nsimple elements.
minimal polynomial, characteristic polynomial, endomorphisms ring of modules, classical groups.