Abstract
The symmetry property of our phase-space matrices gives rise to a geometri cal structure popularly called ‘an indefinite metric’ which we now will study in some detail.
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- Hermitian Matrix
- Zero Eigenvalue
- Hermitian Matrice
- Principal Submatrix
- Elimination Step
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Veselić, K. (2011). ‘Indefinite Metric’. In: Damped Oscillations of Linear Systems. Lecture Notes in Mathematics(), vol 2023. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21335-9_5
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