Stability of invariant maximal semidefinite subspaces. I (Q2266047)

Let the \(n\times n\) invertible Hermitian matrix H define an indefinite inner product by \([x,y]=<Hx,y>=y*Hx\). Suppose A is H-selfadjoint. This paper is interested in A-invariant subspaces N (AN\(\subset N)\) which are maximal H-nonnegative subspaces ([x,x]\(\geq 0\) for all \(x\in N)\) or hypermaximal H-neutral subspaces \((HN=N^{\perp})\). The stability of such subspaces is examined. For example, a hypermaximal H-neutral subspace N is stable if for every \(\epsilon >0\) there is a \(\delta >0\) so that \(0<\| A-A^ 1\| +\| H-H^ 1\| <\delta\) implies there is a subspace \(N^ 1\) which is \(A^ 1\)-invariant and hypermaximal \(H^ 1\)-neutral such that the orthogonal projections onto N, \(N^ 1\) are within \(\epsilon\) of each other.