geometrical interpretation of the simultaneous diagonalization of two quadratic forms

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Geometrical interpretation of the simultaneous diagonalization of two quadratic forms P. K. Aravind Citation: Am. J. Phys. 57, 309 (1989); doi: 10.1119/1.16069 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.16069 View Table of Contents: http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/AJPIAS/v57/i4 Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers Additional information on Am. J. Phys. Journal Homepage: http://ajp.aapt.org/ Journal Information: http://ajp.aapt.org/about/about_the_journal Top downloads: http://ajp.aapt.org/most_downloaded Information for Authors: http://ajp.dickinson.edu/Contributors/contGenInfo.html Downloaded 23 Apr 2013 to 128.205.114.91. Redistribution subject to AAPT license or copyright; see http://ajp.aapt.org/authors/copyright_permission

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Page 1: Geometrical Interpretation of the Simultaneous Diagonalization of Two Quadratic Forms

Geometrical interpretation of the simultaneous diagonalization of twoquadratic formsP. K. Aravind Citation: Am. J. Phys. 57, 309 (1989); doi: 10.1119/1.16069 View online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.16069 View Table of Contents: http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/AJPIAS/v57/i4 Published by the American Association of Physics Teachers Additional information on Am. J. Phys.Journal Homepage: http://ajp.aapt.org/ Journal Information: http://ajp.aapt.org/about/about_the_journal Top downloads: http://ajp.aapt.org/most_downloaded Information for Authors: http://ajp.dickinson.edu/Contributors/contGenInfo.html

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