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Algebraic Methods for Condiagonalization Under Consimilarity of Quaternion Matrices in Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics

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By means of complex representation and real representation of quaternion matrices, paper [7] studied the problem of diagonalization of quaternion matrices. This paper introduces two new complex representation and real representation of quaternion matrices, studies the problem of condiagonalization under consimilarity of quaternion matrices, and gives two algebraic methods for the condiagonalization under consimilarity of quaternion matrices.

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Tongsong Jiang: This author is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 10671086 and the Shandong Natural Science Foundation under grant ZR2010AM014.

Sitao Ling: This author is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant 11171343, 11201193 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under grant 2012QNB22.

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Jiang, T., Ling, S. Algebraic Methods for Condiagonalization Under Consimilarity of Quaternion Matrices in Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics. Adv. Appl. Clifford Algebras 23, 405–415 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-013-0379-3

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