Real tridiagonalization of Hermitian matrices by modified Householder transformation (Q1817248)

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Real tridiagonalization of Hermitian matrices by modified Householder transformation
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    Real tridiagonalization of Hermitian matrices by modified Householder transformation (English)
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    29 April 1997
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    Elementary Householder reflections are of the form \(I-\sigma ww^H\), where \(\sigma\in\mathbb{R}\) is even when \(w\in\mathbb{C}^n\). This short note considers extended reflections where \(\sigma\in\mathbb{C}\). It is shown that one can always transform any complex vector to a real multiple of the first unit vector using an extended reflection. As a consequence, Hermitian matrices can be reduced to real, symmetric tridiagonal form via two-sided transformations with a series of extended reflections. A similar result is shown to hold if the vector components are quaternions.
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    real tridiagonalization
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    elementary matrices
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    complex numbers
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    Householder reflections
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    Hermitian matrices
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    real, symmetric tridiagonal form
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    quaternions
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