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Varieties of pairs of nilpotent matrices annihilating each other

Varieties of pairs of nilpotent matrices annihilating each other

We classify the irreducible components of the varieties \textup{V}(n,a,b) = \{ (A,B) \in \textup{M}_n(K) \times \textup{M}_n(K) \mid AB = BA = A^a = B^b = 0 \}.