On some orders in ∗-rings based on the core-EP decomposition
Abstract
We study certain relations in unital rings with involution that are derived from the core-EP decomposition. The notion of the WG pre-order and the C-E partial order is extended from Mn(ℂ), the set of all n×n matrices over ℂ, to the set ℛⓓ of all core-EP invertible elements in an arbitrary unital ring ℛ with involution. A new partial order is introduced on ℛⓓ by combining the WG pre-order and the well known minus partial order, and a new characterization of the core-EP pre-order in unital proper ∗-rings is presented. Properties of these relations are investigated and some known results are thus generalized.
Communicated by S. K. Jain