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Keywords:
linear operator; rank; dominate; perimeter; $(U,V)$-operator
Summary:
For a rank-$1$ matrix $A= {\bold a \bold b}^t$, we define the perimeter of $A$ as the number of nonzero entries in both $\bold a$ and $\bold b$. We characterize the linear operators which preserve the rank and perimeter of rank-$1$ matrices over semifields. That is, a linear operator $T$ preserves the rank and perimeter of rank-$1$ matrices over semifields if and only if it has the form $T(A)=U A V$, or $T(A)=U A^t V$ with some invertible matrices U and V.
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