Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9498296 | Linear Algebra and its Applications | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Let F be an arbitrary field, and let Vn(F) be an n-dimensional vector space over F. We say that Ï, a transformation on Vn(F), partly preserves a nonsingular bilinear function f(·, ·) : Vn(F) Ã Vn(F) â F if there exists a basis {ε1,ε2, â¦Â ,εn} for Vn(F) and a map Ï : {ε1,ε2, â¦Â ,εn} â Vn(F) such that f(α, εj) = f(Ï(α), Ï(εj)) âα â Vn(F), j = 1,2, â¦Â ,n. Let MmÃn(F) be the vector space of m Ã n matrices, and let Mn(F) be the vector space of n Ã n matrices over F. We prove that a transformation Ï on Vn(F) is an invertible linear transformation if and only if Ï partly preserves a nonsingular bilinear function. Then we characterize transformations Ï on Mn(F) which satisfy det(Ï(A)) = det(A) and Tr(Ï(A)Ï(B)) = Tr(AB). Finally we characterize the transformation groups WmÃn(F) = {Ïâ£Ï(A) = PAQ âA â MmÃn(F), where P â GLm(F), Q â GLn(F), PPt = Em, QQt = En} on vector space MmÃn(F) by as few invariants as possible.
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Authors
Baodong Zheng, Yuqiu Sheng,