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Systems of Hermitian Quadratic Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Ma Li
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China, e-mail: [email protected] Department of Mathematics The National University of Singapore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Singapore 119260, e-mail: [email protected]
Chen Dezhong
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China Department of Mathematics The National University of Singapore 10 Kent Ridge Crescent Singapore 119260, e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In this paper, we give some conditions to judge when a system of Hermitian quadratic forms has a real linear combination which is positive definite or positive semi-definite. We also study some related geometric and topological properties of the moduli space.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2004

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