Complexity of matrix problems

In representation theory, the problem of classifying pairs of matrices up to simultaneous similarity is used as a measure of complexity; classification problems containing it are called wild problems. We show in an explicit form that this problem contains all classification matrix problems given by quivers or posets. Then we prove that it does not contain (but is contained in) the problem of classifying three-valent tensors. Hence, all wild classification problems given by quivers or posets have the same complexity; moreover, a solution of any one of these problems implies a solution of each of the others. The problem of classifying three-valent tensors is more complicated.Comment: 24 page

Computation of the canonical form for the matrices of chains and cycles of linear mappings

Paul Van Dooren [Linear Algebra Appl. 27 (1979) 103-140] constructed an algorithm for the computation of all irregular summands in Kronecker's canonical form of a matrix pencil. The algorithm is numerically stable since it uses only unitary transformations. We extend Paul Van Dooren's algorithm to the matrices of a cycle of linear mappings.Comment: 34 page