No label defined (Q4950123)

The main result of this paper is the following: Let \(A_n\) be the space of all skew-symmetric real \(n\times n\) matrices. Given a tuple \((m_0,\dots,m_k)\) of integers with \(m_0\geq 0\), \(m_1,\dots, m_k\geq 1\) and with \(n=m_0+2m_1+\cdots 2m_k\), let \(A_{m_0,m_1,\dots,m_k}\) be the set of all skew-symmetric matrices such that \(0\) is an \(m_0\)-fold eigenvalue, and which have \(2r\) distinct other eigenvalues in pairs \((i\lambda_r,-i\lambda_r)\) with multiplicity \(m_r\). Then the \(A_{m_0,\dots,m_k}\) form a Whitney regular stratification of \(A_n\), and the codimension of the stratum \(A_{m_0,\dots,m_k}\) is \(m_0(m_0-1) + \sum_{r=1}^k (m_r^2-1)\). Thom's transversality theorem is applied to this theorem to get information about generic parameter dependent families of skew-adjoint matrices, with applications to control theory. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0942.00019].