Paper 2, Section I, E

Linear Algebra | Part IB, 2013

If AA is an n×nn \times n invertible Hermitian matrix, let

UA={UMn×n(C)UˉTAU=A}U_{A}=\left\{U \in M_{n \times n}(\mathbb{C}) \mid \bar{U}^{T} A U=A\right\}

Show that UAU_{A} with the operation of matrix multiplication is a group, and that det UU has norm 1 for any UUAU \in U_{A}. What is the relation between UAU_{A} and the complex Hermitian form defined by AA ?

If A=InA=I_{n} is the n×nn \times n identity matrix, show that any element of UAU_{A} is diagonalizable.

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