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    Simultaneous diagonalization of two binary quadratic forms

    P-TRIV-LA47

    Area
    Prelim
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    Consider the quadratic forms \(f ( { \vec { x } } ) = x _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } + 2 x _ { 1 } x _ { 2 } + 3 x _ { 2 } ^ { 2 }\) and \(g ( \vec { x } ) = { 4 x _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } + 1 6 x _ { 1 } x _ { 2 } + }\) \(6 x _ { 2 } ^ { 2 }\) in \(\mathbb { R } ^ { 2 }\)

    1. Check if at least one of these forms is sign definite.
    2. Find the change of coordinates that reduces f (x) and g(x) to the diagonal form.

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