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

Lie groupsquaternionssymplectic matricesLusternik-Schnirelmann categoryleft eigenvalues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.) (15B33) Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) 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.

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