Diagonalizability theorems for matrices over rings with finite stable range

Abstract

We construct the theory of diagonalizability for matrices over Bezout ring with finite stable range. It is shown that every commutative Bezout ring with compact minimal prime spec- trum is Hermite. It is also shown that a principal ideal domain with stable range 1 is Euclidean domain, and every semilocal principal ideal domain is Euclidean domain. It is proved that every matrix over an elementary divisor ring can be reduced to "almost" diagonal matrix by elementary transformations.