Simple polynomial equations over (mxm)-matrices

Abstract

Let $m$ be any integer $\geq 3$. We consider the polynomial equation $$X^n + a_{n-1}\cdot X^{n-1} + \dots + a_1 \cdot X + a_0 \cdot I = O,$$ over $(m \times m)$-matrices $X$ with the real entries, where $I$ is the identity matrix, $O$ is the null matrix, $a_i \in \mathbb R$ for each $i$ and $n \geq 1$. We discuss its solution set $S$ supplied with the natural Euclidean topology. In particular, we describe the solution set $S$ for $m=3$ and calculate its dimension.