The generation of all rational orthogonal matrices in Rp,q

M. A. Rodríguez-Andrade, G. Aragón-González, J. L. Aragón

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Abstract

A method for generating all rational generalized matrices on indefinite real inner product spaces isomorphic to Rp,q is presented. The proposed method is based on the proof of a weak version of the Cartan-Dieudonné theorem, handled using Clifford algebras. It is shown that all rational B-orthogonal matrices in an indefinite inner product space (X,B) are products of simple matrices with rational entries.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-113
Number of pages13
JournalLinear Algebra and Its Applications
Volume496
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2016

Keywords

  • Cartan-Dieudonné
  • Clifford algebras
  • Householder transformations
  • Orthogonal matrices

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