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jostpuur
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If [itex]A\in\mathbb{C}^{N\times N}[/itex] is some complex matrix, is there anything we could say about the determinant of the matrix
[tex]
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
\textrm{Re}(A) & -\textrm{Im}(A) \\
\textrm{Im}(A) & \textrm{Re}(A) \\
\end{array}\right)\quad\in\mathbb{R}^{2N\times 2N}
[/tex]
where [itex]\textrm{Re}(A)\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N}[/itex] and [itex]\textrm{Im}(A)\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N}[/itex] have been defined by element wise real and imaginary parts?
For example, could it be that the determinant of the [itex]2N\times 2N[/itex]-matrix could be expressed as function of the determinants of the real [itex]N\times N[/itex]-matrices?
Or is the asked determinant related to the complex determinant [itex]\det(A)\in\mathbb{C}[/itex]?
I'm interested in this, because if I want to identify N-dimensional complex space with 2N-dimensional real space, then the complex linear transformation is naturally identified with the above matrix. The equation
[tex]
z^2 = Az^1,\quad\quad z^1,z^2\in\mathbb{C}^N
[/tex]
is equivalent with
[tex]
\left(\begin{array}{c}
\textrm{Re}(z^2) \\ \textrm{Im}(z^2) \\
\end{array}\right)
= \left(\begin{array}{cc}
\textrm{Re}(A) & -\textrm{Im}(A) \\
\textrm{Im}(A) & \textrm{Re}(A) \\
\end{array}\right)
\left(\begin{array}{c}
\textrm{Re}(z^1) \\ \textrm{Im}(z^1) \\
\end{array}\right)
[/tex]
[tex]
\left(\begin{array}{cc}
\textrm{Re}(A) & -\textrm{Im}(A) \\
\textrm{Im}(A) & \textrm{Re}(A) \\
\end{array}\right)\quad\in\mathbb{R}^{2N\times 2N}
[/tex]
where [itex]\textrm{Re}(A)\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N}[/itex] and [itex]\textrm{Im}(A)\in\mathbb{R}^{N\times N}[/itex] have been defined by element wise real and imaginary parts?
For example, could it be that the determinant of the [itex]2N\times 2N[/itex]-matrix could be expressed as function of the determinants of the real [itex]N\times N[/itex]-matrices?
Or is the asked determinant related to the complex determinant [itex]\det(A)\in\mathbb{C}[/itex]?
I'm interested in this, because if I want to identify N-dimensional complex space with 2N-dimensional real space, then the complex linear transformation is naturally identified with the above matrix. The equation
[tex]
z^2 = Az^1,\quad\quad z^1,z^2\in\mathbb{C}^N
[/tex]
is equivalent with
[tex]
\left(\begin{array}{c}
\textrm{Re}(z^2) \\ \textrm{Im}(z^2) \\
\end{array}\right)
= \left(\begin{array}{cc}
\textrm{Re}(A) & -\textrm{Im}(A) \\
\textrm{Im}(A) & \textrm{Re}(A) \\
\end{array}\right)
\left(\begin{array}{c}
\textrm{Re}(z^1) \\ \textrm{Im}(z^1) \\
\end{array}\right)
[/tex]