The quadratic sum problem for symplectic pairs

Abstract: Let

(b, u)

be a pair consisting of a symplectic form

b

on a finite-dimensional vector space

V

over a field

m a t h b b F

, and of a

b

-alternating endomorphism

u

of

V

(i.e.

b (x, u (x)) = 0

for all

x

in

V

). Let

p

and

q

be arbitrary polynomials of degree

2

with coefficients in

m a t h b b F

. We characterize, in terms of the invariant factors of

u

, the condition that

u

splits into

u_{1} + u_{2}

for some pair

(u_{1}, u_{2})

of

b

-alternating endomorphisms such that

p (u_{1}) = q (u_{2}) = 0

.

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