The conjecture on determinants of fundamental matrices for reflected systems

Consider the differential system

Fu(t)+Gu(t)+Au(t)+Bu(t)=0,Fu'(t)+Gu'(-t)+Au(t)+Bu(-t)=0,

for tRt\in\mathbb R, where n1n\geq 1, A,B,F,GMn(R)A,B,F,G\in\mathcal M_n(\mathbb R), and u:RRnu:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R^n. Assume that FGF-G and F+GF+G are invertible, and let X(t)X(t) be a fundamental matrix. Define

E=(FG)1(AB)(F+G)1(A+B).E=(F-G)^{-1}(A-B)(F+G)^{-1}(A+B).

Determinant conjecture. The determinant X(t)|X(t)| can be obtained as a component of the solution of a linear system of differential equations with constant coefficients, whose coefficients depend only on the different matrix invariants of EE.

This conjecture seeks a higher-dimensional analogue of the Abel–Jacobi–Liouville identity, which gives such a constant-coefficient system when n=2n=2.

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Primary source

Santiago Codesido and F. Adrián F. Tojo, “Differential systems with reflection and matrix invariants”, arXiv:1812.04323 (2018).

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