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Unitary equivalence to a complex symmetric matrix: geometric criteria

Functional Analysis 2010-03-16 v2 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We develop several methods, based on the geometric relationship between the eigenspaces of a matrix and its adjoint, for determining whether a square matrix having distinct eigenvalues is unitarily equivalent to a complex symmetric matrix. Equivalently, we characterize those matrices having distinct eigenvalues which lie in the unitary orbit of the complex symmetric matrices.

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@article{arxiv.0907.2728,
  title  = {Unitary equivalence to a complex symmetric matrix: geometric criteria},
  author = {Stephan Ramon Garcia and Levon Balayan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.2728},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

21 pages. Minor corrections. To appear in Operators and Matrices