On the Product of Coninvolutory Affine Transformations

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Hauptverfasser: Dutta, Sandipan, Gongopadhyay, Krishnendu, Mondal, Rahul
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author Dutta, Sandipan
Gongopadhyay, Krishnendu
Mondal, Rahul
author_facet Dutta, Sandipan
Gongopadhyay, Krishnendu
Mondal, Rahul
contents A complex matrix is called \emph{coninvolutory} if $T\overline{T}=I$. In this paper, we study decompositions of affine transformations in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})=\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{C})\ltimes \mathbb{C}^n$ into products of coninvolutions. We prove that an affine transformation $g$ is a product of two coninvolutions in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$ if and only if its linear part $L(g)$ is $c$-reversible; that is, $L(g)$ is conjugate to $\overline{L(g)}^{-1}$ in $\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{C})$. Equivalently, $g$ is conjugate to $\overline{g}^{-1}$ in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$. We further characterize elements that are products of three coninvolutions via consimilarity and show that every $g=(A,v)\in \mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$ with $|\det(A)|=1$ can be expressed as a product of at most four coninvolutions.
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spellingShingle On the Product of Coninvolutory Affine Transformations
Dutta, Sandipan
Gongopadhyay, Krishnendu
Mondal, Rahul
Group Theory
Operator Algebras
Rings and Algebras
15A86 (Primary) 20E45, 51N30 (Secondary)
A complex matrix is called \emph{coninvolutory} if $T\overline{T}=I$. In this paper, we study decompositions of affine transformations in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})=\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{C})\ltimes \mathbb{C}^n$ into products of coninvolutions. We prove that an affine transformation $g$ is a product of two coninvolutions in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$ if and only if its linear part $L(g)$ is $c$-reversible; that is, $L(g)$ is conjugate to $\overline{L(g)}^{-1}$ in $\mathrm{GL}(n,\mathbb{C})$. Equivalently, $g$ is conjugate to $\overline{g}^{-1}$ in $\mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$. We further characterize elements that are products of three coninvolutions via consimilarity and show that every $g=(A,v)\in \mathrm{Aff}(n,\mathbb{C})$ with $|\det(A)|=1$ can be expressed as a product of at most four coninvolutions.
title On the Product of Coninvolutory Affine Transformations
topic Group Theory
Operator Algebras
Rings and Algebras
15A86 (Primary) 20E45, 51N30 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10719