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Isometric and selfadjoint operators on a vector space with nondegenerate diagonalizable form

Representation Theory 2019-11-13 v1

Abstract

Let VV be a vector space over a field F\mathbb F with scalar product given by a nondegenerate sesquilinear form whose matrix is diagonal in some basis. If F=C\mathbb F=\mathbb C, then we give canonical matrices of isometric and selfadjoint operators on VV using known classifications of isometric and selfadjoint operators on a complex vector space with nondegenerate Hermitian form. If F\mathbb F is a field of characteristic different from 22, then we give canonical matrices of isometric, selfadjoint, and skewadjoint operators on VV up to classification of symmetric and Hermitian forms over finite extensions of F\mathbb F.

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@article{arxiv.1911.04993,
  title  = {Isometric and selfadjoint operators on a vector space with nondegenerate diagonalizable form},
  author = {Jonathan V. Caalim and Vyacheslav Futorny and Vladimir V. Sergeichuk and Yu-ichi Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.04993},
  year   = {2019}
}

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21 pages

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