Some results on the generalized inverse of tensors and idempotent tensors

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{A}$ be an order $t$ dimension $m\times n\times \cdots \times n$ tensor over complex field. In this paper, we study some {generalized inverses} of $\mathcal{A}$, the {$k$-T-idempotent tensors} and the idempotent tensors based on the general tensor product. Using the tensor generalized inverse, some solutions of the equation $\mathcal{A}\cdot x^{t-1}=b$ are given, where $x$ and $b$ are dimension $n$ and $m$ vectors, respectively. The {generalized inverses} of some block tensors, the eigenvalues of {$k$-T-idempotent tensors} and idempotent tensors are given. And the relation between the generalized inverses of tensors and the $k$-T-idempotent tensors is also showed.