Symplectic Matrix - Complex Matrices

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

(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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