Positive real matrices in indefinite inner product spaces and invariant maximal semidefinite subspaces (Q886137)

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Positive real matrices in indefinite inner product spaces and invariant maximal semidefinite subspaces
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    Positive real matrices in indefinite inner product spaces and invariant maximal semidefinite subspaces (English)
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    26 June 2007
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    Let \(H\) be an invertible Hermitian \(n\times n\) matrix with entries in \(\mathbb{C}\). Then the mapping \[ x,y\mapsto \langle Hx,y\rangle, \quad x,y\in\mathbb{C}^n, \] defines an indefinite inner product on \(\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}\). An \(n\times n\) matrix \(A\) is called positive real in the \(H\)-inner product, or \(H\)-positive real, if \(\text{Re}\langle HAx,x\rangle\geq0\), for all \(x\in\mathbb{C}^n\) or, equivalently, if the `real positive matrix' \(P :=\frac{1}{2}(HA+A^\star H)\) is positive semidefinite. The matrix \(A\) is called strictly \(H\)-positive real if \(\text{Re}\langle HAx,x\rangle>0\) for all \(x\), or \(P>0\). The authors give an explicit construction for semidefinite subspaces in the complex as well as in the real case.
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    indefinite inner products
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    semidefinite invariant subspaces
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    positive real matrices
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    Hermitian matrix
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