Orbits under dual symplectic transvections
2025 (English)In: Linear Algebra and its Applications, ISSN 0024-3795, E-ISSN 1873-1856, Vol. 710, p. 507-530Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Consider an arbitrary field K and a finite-dimensional vector space X over K equipped with a, possibly degenerate, symplectic form ω. Given a spanning subset S of X, for each k in K and each vector s in S, consider the symplectic transvection mapping a vector x to x+kω(x,s)s. The group generated by these transvections has been extensively studied, and its orbit structure is known. In this paper, we obtain corresponding results for the orbits of the dual action on X⁎. As for the non-dual case, the analysis gets harder when the field contains only two elements. For that field, the dual transvection group is equivalent to a game known as the lit-only sigma game, played on a graph. Our results provide a complete solution to the reachability problem of that game, previously solved only for some special cases.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Inc. , 2025. Vol. 710, p. 507-530
Keywords [en]
Lit-only sigma game, Symplectic transvection, Vanishing lattice, Vectors, Dual action, Finite dimensional vector spaces, Light-only sigma game, Non-dual, Orbit structures, Symplectic, Symplectic forms, Transvections, Vector spaces
National Category
Mathematical sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-70330DOI: 10.1016/j.laa.2025.02.010ISI: 001427364300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85217384443OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-70330DiVA, id: diva2:1940603
2025-02-262025-02-262025-10-10Bibliographically approved