The Drazin inverse of an even-order tensor and its application to singular tensor equations

The notion of the Moore-Penrose inverses of matrices was recently extended from matrix space to even-order tensor space with Einstein product in the literature. In this paper, we further study the properties of even-order tensors with Einstein product. We define the index and characterize the invertibility of an even-order square tensor. We also extend the notion of the Drazin inverse of a square matrix to an even-order square tensor. An expression for the Drazin inverse through the core-nilpotent decomposition for a tensor of even-order is obtained. As an application, the Drazin inverse solution of the singular linear tensor equation A * x = B will also be included. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.