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The Characteristic Polynomial of Projections

Representation Theory 2023-10-13 v2

Abstract

This paper proves that the characteristic polynomial is a complete unitary invariant for pairs of projection matrices. Some special cases involving three or more projections are also considered.

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@article{arxiv.2306.12613,
  title  = {The Characteristic Polynomial of Projections},
  author = {Kate Howell and Rongwei Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.12613},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages