An Elementary Proof of the Polar Decomposition Theorem

DOI10.2307/2321566zbMath0431.15010OpenAlexW4253352643MaRDI QIDQ3867921

P. Podio-Guidugli, Luiz C. Martins

Publication date: 1980

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2321566

zbMATH Keywords

polar decompositionhermitian matrix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57) Miscellaneous inequalities involving matrices (15A45) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

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