Discriminant of symmetric matrices as a sum of squares and the orthogonal group

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-465

  Domokos, Mátyás ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

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EID: 78851471843     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20353     Document Type: Article

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