research article
A geometric approach to invariant subspaces of orthogonal matrices
This note gives a short, geometrically based, proof that a real orthogonal matrix has a normal form consisting of a direct sum of 1$times 1$ and 2$times 2$ blocks.
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research article
Author(s)
Date Issued
1982
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Volume
89
Issue
10
Start page
751
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REVIEWED
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EPFL
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December 3, 2010
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