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On the Fundamental Theorems of the Geometries of Symmetric Matrices

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In the present paper the relation between the fundamental theorem of Sn(F) and the fundamental theorem ofP Sn(F)is studied geometrically.

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    Wen-Ling Huang

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Huang, WL. On the Fundamental Theorems of the Geometries of Symmetric Matrices. Geometriae Dedicata 78, 315–325 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017228719624

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