On classification of normal matrices in an indefinite scalar product (Q921536)

Let H be an non-singular hermitian operator on a complex n-dimensional vector space \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) and consider the indefinite inner product induced by H. Let \(\nu_+\) (resp. \(\nu_ -)\) be the number of positive (resp. negative) eigenvalues of H, and put \(\nu =\min (\nu_+,\nu_ - )\). A linear operator N on \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) is said to be H-normal if \(NN^{[*]}=N^{[*]}N\) where \(N^{[*]}\) is the H-adjoint of N (i.e. \(N^{[*]}=H^{-1}N^*H).\) The authors try to classify H-normal operators. A complete classification is achieved in terms of decomposability only when \(\nu =1\). They show that in the general case the classification problem is as complicated as the problem of classification up to simultaneous similarity of pairs of commuting matrices of order \(\nu\).