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On the conjugacy classes in the unitary, symplectic and orthogonal groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

G. E. Wall
G. E. Wall
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Department of Mathematics, University of Sydney.
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This paper is concerned with two mani problems:

(a) the determination of the conjugacy classes in the finite-dimensional unitary, symplectic and orthogonal groups over division rings or fields;

(b) the determination of the equivalence classes of non-degenerate sesquilinear forms on finite-dimensional vector spaces.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1963 , pp. 1 - 62
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1963

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