Symplectic matrices with predetermined left eigenvalues

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2009.08.015MaRDI QIDQ1044613zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Enrique Macias-Virgós, M. J. Pereira-Sáez

Publication date 18 December 2009

Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1529

zbMATH Keywords

left eigenvaluesLie groupsLusternik-Schnirelmann categoryquaternionssymplectic matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30)

Abstract: We prove that given four arbitrary quaternion numbers of norm 1 there always exists a $2imes2$ symplectic matrix for which those numbers are left eigenvalues. The proof is constructive. An application to the LS category of Lie groups is given.

Review text

The authors show that given four arbitrary quaternion numbers of norm 1 there exists a \(2\times2\) symplectic matrix for which these numbers are left eigenvalues. The proof is constructive and the obtained matrix has the structure \[ L_q\circ R_{\theta}=\left[\begin{matrix} q\cos\theta&-q\sin\theta\\q\sin\theta&\;\;q\cos\theta\end{matrix}\right],\quad q\in\mathbb{H},\;|q|=1,\;\theta\in\mathbb R,\;\sin\theta\neq0, \] where \(L_q\circ R_{\theta}\) is the composition of a real rotation \(R_{\theta}\neq\pm\text{id}\) with a left translation \(L_q\). The method is applied to obtain the only two symplectic matrices having the four quaternions \(1, i, j, k\) as left eigenvalues. An application of the main result to the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of Lie groups is emphasized.

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