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A variety of universal similarity factorization equalities over real Clifford algebrasR p,q are established. On the basis of these equalities, real, complex and quaternion matrix representations of elements inR p,q can easily be explicitly be determined.
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Tian, Y. Universal similarity factorization equalities over real Clifford algebras. AACA 8, 365–402 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043105
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043105