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Groups Preserving a Class of Bilinear Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

W. H. Greub
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
J. Malzan
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
J. R. Vanstone
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
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Abstract

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Given a finite dimensional Euclidean vector space V, ( , ) and an involution τ of V, one can form the bilinear function ( , )τ defined by (x, y)τ = (τ(x), y), x,yV.

Let O(τ) = {ϕ ∊ GL(V)|(ϕx, ϕy)τ = (x, y)τ}.

If t is self-adjoint the structure of O(t) is well known. The purpose of this paper is to detemine the structure of O(t) in the general case. This structure is also determined in the complex and quaternionic case, as well as the case when the condition on t is replaced by τ2 = ∊ι, ∊ ∈ ℝ.

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Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1985

References

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