The nil-clean $2\times 2$ integral units
The nil-clean $2\times 2$ integral units
We prove that all trace $1$, $2\times 2$ invertible matrices over $\mathbb{Z}$ are nil-clean and, up to similarity, that there are only two trace $1$, $2\times 2$ invertible matrices over $\mathbb{Z}$.
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