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A Jacobi-like algorithm is presented for the skew-symmetric eigenvalue problem. The process constructs iteratively, with elementary orthogonal transformations, a sequence of matrices which converges to the so-called Murnaghan form of the intial matrix.
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Paardekooper, M.H.C. An eigenvalue algorithm for skew-symmetric matrices. Numer. Math. 17, 189–202 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01436375
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01436375