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Criterion of unitary similarity for upper triangular matrices in general position

Representation Theory 2011-10-19 v1

Abstract

Each square complex matrix is unitarily similar to an upper triangular matrix with diagonal entries in any prescribed order. Let A and B be upper triangular n-by-n matrices that (i) are not similar to direct sums of matrices of smaller sizes, or (ii) are in general position and have the same main diagonal. We prove that A and B are unitarily similar if and only if ||h(A_k)||=||h(B_k)|| for all complex polynomials h(x) and k=1, 2, . . , n, where A_k and B_k are the principal k-by-k submatrices of A and B, and ||M|| is the Frobenius norm of M.

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@article{arxiv.1011.0040,
  title  = {Criterion of unitary similarity for upper triangular matrices in general position},
  author = {Douglas Farenick and Vyacheslav Futorny and Tatiana G. Gerasimova and Vladimir V. Sergeichuk and Nadya Shvai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0040},
  year   = {2011}
}

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16 pages