Simultaneous congruence of convex compact sets of Hermitian matrices with constant rank (Q1092138)
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Simultaneous congruence of convex compact sets of Hermitian matrices with constant rank (English)
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1987
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Let a compact, convex set S of \(n\times n\) Hermitian matrices be given, and let a fixed n-tuple of signs (plus or minus) be given. Then the authors show that a fixed conjunctive transformation of every member of S exists such that the diagonal of all the resulting matrices has the fixed sign pattern. This theorem requires that every member of S be nonsingular and have exactly one negative eigenvalue. Several other similarly structured theorems are also proved.
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simultaneous congruence
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convex compact sets of Hermitian matrices
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inertia
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conjunctive transformation
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fixed sign pattern
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