Three representation types for systems of forms and linear maps

A. Alazemi, M. Anđelić, C.M. da Fonseca, V. Futorny, V.V. Sergeichuk (2021) Three representation types for systems of forms and linear maps, Mathematics, Vol. 9, No. 455, 10.3390/math9050455

Abstract. We consider systems of bilinear forms and linear maps as representations of a graph with undirected and directed edges. Its vertices represent vector spaces; its undirected and directed edges represent bilinear forms and linear maps, respectively. We prove that if the problem of classifying representations of a graph has not been solved, then it is equivalent to the problem of classifying representations of pairs of linear maps or pairs consisting of a bilinear form and a linear map. Thus, there are only two essentially different unsolved classification problems for systems of forms and linear maps.