Every \(2n\)-by-\(2n\) complex matrix is a sum of three symplectic matrices

DOI10.1016/j.laa.2016.12.016zbMath1355.15010OpenAlexW2561633064MaRDI QIDQ503427

Agnes T. Paras, Ralph John de la Cruz, Dennis I. Merino

Publication date: 12 January 2017

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.laa.2016.12.016

zbMATH Keywords

symplectic matricesskew Hamiltonian matricessymplectic polar decomposition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

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