symplectic matrix

noun

For given field F (especially the real numbers), even order 2n and nonsingular skew-symmetric matrix Ω, any 2n×2n matrix M with elements in F such that MᵀΩM = Ω (where Mᵀ denotes the transpose of M).

Meanings

nounsymplectic matrix (plural symplectic matrices)

plural symplectic matrices

  1. linear algebraFor given field F (especially the real numbers), even order 2n and nonsingular skew-symmetric matrix Ω, any 2n×2n matrix M with elements in F such that MᵀΩM = Ω (where Mᵀ denotes the transpose of M).

    Then we define the Krein signature of the eigenvalues of modulus one of a symplectic matrix and use this concept to build the rotation function on the symplectic group.

    2001, Alberto Abbondandolo, Morse Theory for Hamiltonian Systems, CRC Press (Chapman & Hall/CRC), page x
    2 more examples

    In the previous chapter algorithms for computing the eigenvalues of symplectic matrices have been considered that are based on an elimination process for computing the butterfly form of symplectic matrix. Unfortunately, this approach is not suitable when dealing with large and sparse symplectic matrices as an elimination process can not make full use of the sparsity.

    2002, Heike Fassbender, Symplectic Methods for the Symplectic Eigenproblem, Kluwer Academic, page 173

    In order to fully exploit these structures we rely on the properties of Hamiltonian, skew-Hamiltonian, and symplectic matrices discussed in Section 1.5. In Section 4.1 we introduce the elementary symplectic matrices which are used by the structured algorithms.

    2012, Dario A. Bini, Bruno Iannazzo, Beatrice Meini, Numerical Solution of Algebraic Riccati Equations, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, page 121

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 辛矩陣 /辛矩阵
  • 辛矩陣 /辛矩阵 (xīnjǔzhèn)matrix M such that MTΩM eq Ω
Finnish symplektinen matriisi
  • symplektinen matriisimatrix M such that MTΩM eq Ω
French matrice symplectique
  • matrice symplectiquematrix M such that MTΩM eq Ω
German symplektische Matrix
  • symplektische Matrixmatrix M such that MTΩM eq Ω
Italian matrice simplettica
  • matrice simpletticamatrix M such that MTΩM eq Ω
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