On the coincidence of the factor and Gondran–Minoux rank functions of matrices over a semiring

We consider the rank functions of matrices over semiring, functions that generalize the classical notion of the rank of a matrix over a field. We study semirings over which the factor and Gondran–Minoux ranks of any matrix coincide. It is shown that every semiring satisfying that condition is a subsemiring of a field. We provide an example of an integral domain over which the factor and Gondran–Minoux ranks are different.