A short proof of Hua's fundamental theorem of the geometry of Hermitian matrices. (Q1812478)
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A short proof of Hua's fundamental theorem of the geometry of Hermitian matrices. (English)
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28 October 2003
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The authors give a new and simple proof for the fundamental theorem of the geometry of Hermitian matrices due to Loo-Keng Hua. This theorem describes for \(n\geq 2\) all bijections of \(H_n\) (i.e. the set of Hermitian \(n\times n\) matrices over the complex numbers) onto itself which preserve adjacency in both directions. Here, as usual, two matrices \(A,B\in H_n\) are said to be adjacent if \(\text{rank }(A-B)=1\).
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Hermitian matrix
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adjacency
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geometry of matrices
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