nLab real structure

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Linear algebra

homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory

flavors: stable, equivariant, rational, p-adic, proper, geometric, cohesive, directed

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see also algebraic topology

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Definition

A real structure on a complex vector space VV is an antilinear map σ:VV\sigma \colon V \to V which is an involution.

Equivalently this is a real vector space WW and an isomorphism VW V \simeq W \otimes_{\mathbb{R}} \mathbb{C} of VV with its complexification.

Here W=Eig(σ,1)VW = Eig(\sigma,1) \hookrightarrow V is the eigenspace of σ\sigma for eigenvalue 1 and W{i}=Eig(σ,1)VW \otimes \{i\} = Eig(\sigma,-1) \hookrightarrow V is the eigenspace for eigenvalue -1.

References

More generally in spectral geometry (via spectral triples) and KR-theory:

  • Alain Connes, definition 3 of Noncommutative geometry and reality, J. Math. Phys. 36 (11), 1995 (pdf)

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