On an alternative supermatrix reduction

Abstract

We consider a nonstandard odd reduction of supermatrices (as compared with the standard even reduction) which arises in connection with the possible extension of manifold structure group reductions. The study was initiated by consideration of generalized noninvertible superconformal-like transformations. The features of even- and odd-reduced supermatrices are investigated together. They can be unified into some kind of ‘sandwich’ semigroups. We also define a special module over even- and odd-reduced supermatrix sets, and the generalized Cayley-Hamilton theorem is proved for them. It is shown that the odd-reduced supermatrices represent semigroup bands and Rees matrix semigroups over a unit group.