%0 Journal Article %A MacDonald, Gordon W. %T Distance from Idempotents to Nilpotents %J Canadian journal of mathematics %D 2007 %P 638-657 %V 59 %N 3 %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.4153/CJM-2007-027-x/ %R 10.4153/CJM-2007-027-x %F 10_4153_CJM_2007_027_x