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How to distinguish conjugacy classes in SO(2n) efficiently?

In a compact connected Lie group $G$, each element is conjugate to an element of a maximal torus $T$. For a classical group, one can pick a basis of the tautological representation such that $T$ is ...
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Spaces of matrices with same eigenvalue/Great circles in O(n)-orbits

Let $Sym^2(V)$ be the set of symmetric matrices of a real $n$-dimensional vector space $V$. Given an element $\underline{\lambda}=[\lambda_1,\ldots \lambda_n]\in \mathbb{RP}^n$, where $\lambda_1\leq\...
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