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Hilbert's metric on symmetric cones

Metric Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let Ω\Omega be a symmetric cone. In this note, we introduce the Hilbert projective metric on Ω\Omega in terms of Jordan algebras and we apply it to prove that given a linear transformation gg such that g(Ω)Ωg(\Omega)\subset \Omega and a real number pp, p>1|p|>1, then there exists a unique element xΩx\in\Omega satisfying g(x)=xpg(x)=x^p.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403281,
  title  = {Hilbert's metric on symmetric cones},
  author = {Khalid Koufany},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403281},
  year   = {2007}
}

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