Minimal properties of the Drazin-inverse solution of a matrix equation

Abstract

We present the Drazin-inverse solution of the matrix equation AXB = G as a least-squares solution of a specified minimization problem. Some important properties of the Moore-Penrose inverse are extended on the Drazin inverse by exploring the minimal norm properties of the Drazin-inverse solution of the matrix equation AXB = G. The least squares properties of the Drazin-inverse solution lead to new representations of the Drazin inverse of a given matrix, which are justified by illustrative examples.