A structure-preserving Jacobi algorithm for quaternion Hermitian eigenvalue problems

A new real structure-preserving Jacobi algorithm is proposed for solving the eigenvalue problem of quaternion Hermitian matrix. By employing the generalized JRS-symplectic Jacobi rotations, the new quaternion Jacobi algorithm can preserve the symmetry and JRS-symmetry of the real counterpart of quaternion Hermitian matrix. Moreover, the proposed algorithm only includes real operations without dimension-expanding and is generally superior to the state-of-the-art algorithm. Numerical experiments are reported to indicate its efficiency and accuracy.