Thursday, 15 March 2012

linear algebra - A question on star-congruence.

We consider ntimesn complex matrices. Let i+(A),i(A),i0(A) be the number of eigenvalues of A with positive real part, negative real part and pure imaginary. It is well known if two Hermitian matrices A and B are congruent, then
(i+(A),i(A),i0(A))=(i+(B),i(B),i0(B)).qquad(1)


If two general matrices A and B are congruent, (1) may not hold (can you provide an example?).
Moreover, whether a matrix and its transpose are always congruent?

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