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arxiv: 1712.08729 · v1 · pith:EBGV7SLMnew · submitted 2017-12-23 · 🧮 math.RT

Reduction of a pair of skew-symmetric matrices to its canonical form under congruence

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Let $(A,B)$ be a pair of skew-symmetric matrices over a field of characteristic not 2. Its regularization decomposition is a direct sum \[ (\underline{\underline A},\underline{\underline B})\oplus (A_1,B_1)\oplus\dots\oplus(A_t,B_t) \] that is congruent to $(A,B)$, in which $(\underline{\underline A},\underline{\underline B})$ is a pair of nonsingular matrices and $(A_1,B_1),$ $\dots,$ $(A_t,B_t)$ are singular indecomposable canonical pairs of skew-symmetric matrices under congruence. We give an algorithm that constructs a regularization decomposition. We also give a constructive proof of the known canonical form of $(A,B)$ under congruence over an algebraically closed field of characteristic not 2.

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