Products of quasireflections and transvections over local rings (Q1100286)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4042159
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    Products of quasireflections and transvections over local rings
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4042159

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      Products of quasireflections and transvections over local rings (English)
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      1988
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      Let R be a commutative local ring, and M a free R-module of rank n, endowed with a metric structure given by a sesquilinear form or a quadratic form. The authors show that every isometry \(\pi\) of M is a product of quasi reflections and transvections. They determine the minimal number of factors in any factorization of \(\pi\) if the path of \(\pi\) is a subspace, and an upper bound on the number for all other isometries.
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      unitary groups
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      orthogonal groups
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      factorization of isometries into reflections, quasireflections, and transvections
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      symplectic groups
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      local ring
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      sesquilinear form
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      quadratic form
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      product of quasi reflections and transvections
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      minimal number of factors
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      upper bound
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