{
  "id": "1008.1268",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-08-06T20:03:54.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-08-06T20:03:54.000Z",
  "title": "The discriminants associated to isotropy representations of symmetric spaces",
  "authors": [
    "Claudio Gorodski"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.RT"
  ],
  "abstract": "We consider a generalized discriminant associated to a symmetric space which generalizes the discriminant of real symmetric matrices, and note that it can be written as a sum of squares of real polynomials. A method to estimate the minimum number of squares required to represent the discrimininant is developed and applied in examples.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-08-06T20:03:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "15A72",
      "17B10",
      "22E47"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "symmetric space",
      "isotropy representations",
      "discriminants",
      "real symmetric matrices",
      "minimum number"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010arXiv1008.1268G"
    }
  }
}