Factorization of matrices of quaternions (Q690436)

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    Factorization of matrices of quaternions (English)
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    27 November 2012
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    The author reviews known factorization results for quaternion matrices. He derives the Jordan canonical form, polar decomposition, singular value decomposition, and QR factorization. He proves that there is a Schur factorization for commuting matrices, and from this he derives the spectral theorem. He discusses related results regarding complex matrices which are self-dual or symmetric, but perhaps not Hermitian.
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    Kramers pair
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    matrix decompositions
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    dual operation
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    Schur factorization
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    Kramers degeneracy
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    singular value decomposition
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    quaternions
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    Jordan canonical form
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    polar decomposition
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    QR factorization
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    spectral theorem
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