
doi: 10.1063/1.523992
It is shown that two matrices A and B of order n×n which satisfy a monic quadratic equation with two roots λ1 and λ2 are connected by ATAB=TABB where TAB=A+B−(λ1+λ2) I with I being the n×n unit matrix (Theorem 1). The condition for TAB to be involutional is that the anticommutator of ?=A−(1/2)(λ1+λ2) I and ?=B−(1/2)(λ1+λ2) is a c number (Theorem 2). A 2m×2m matrix Q(2m) is introduced as a typical form of a matrix which can be diagonalized by an involutional transformation. These theorems are further extended through the matrix representation of the group of the general homogeneous linear transformations, GL(n). IUH (involutional, unitary, and Hermitian) matrices are introduced and discussed. The involutional transformations are shown to play a fundamental role in the transformations of Dirac’s Hamiltonian and of the field Hamiltonians which are quadratic in particle creation and annihilation operators in solid state physics.
Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors, Canonical forms, reductions, classification, involutional transformations, matrix diagonalizations, matrix transformation
Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors, Canonical forms, reductions, classification, involutional transformations, matrix diagonalizations, matrix transformation
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