Complex Matrices
If instead M is a 2n×2n matrix with complex entries, the definition is not standard throughout the literature. Many authors adjust the definition above to
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(2)
where M* denotes the conjugate transpose of M. Other authors retain the definition (1) for complex matrices and call matrices satisfying (2) conjugate symplectic.
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