Real Hamiltonian logarithm of a symplectic matrix

Linear Algebra and Its Applications

Volumn 281, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 227-246

  Dieci, Luca ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian; Logarithm; Symplectic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042137187     PISSN: 00243795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3795(98)10043-5     Document Type: Article

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