The radical of a subspace W for the bilinear form B: the part of W
that is orthogonal to all of W.
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Given a chain p ≤ q of subspaces in a finite-dimensional space, there
exists a complementary subspace r ≤ q to p within q.
If W₁ is a complement to the radical W ⊓ Wᗮ inside W, then the
restriction of B to W₁ is nondegenerate.
A hyperbolic pair for B consists of two isotropic vectors x, y with
B x y = 1.
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For a nondegenerate bilinear form B, every nonzero vector x has some
z with B x z = 1.
Adjust a vector z with B x z = 1 to obtain a hyperbolic pair partner for
the isotropic x (subtract off the right multiple of x to make z isotropic).
Given a vector x₀ in the radical of W together with a basis-tail
condition, produce a hyperbolic partner y₀ to x₀ orthogonal to the tail of
the basis.
Adjoining a hyperbolic partner y₀ (for the first basis vector of the
radical of W) to W reduces the dimension of the radical by one.
Extend a nondegenerate complement W₁ of the radical of W to a
nondegenerate complement of the radical of W' = W ⊔ ⟨y₀⟩ by adjoining the
hyperbolic pair {x₀, y₀}.
A subspace S is a hyperbolic space for B if it is spanned by a finite
collection of mutually orthogonal hyperbolic pairs {x_i, y_i}.
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Full kernel decomposition: given a basis bW₀ for the radical of W and a
nondegenerate complement W₁, produce hyperbolic partners y_i that extend W
to a subspace whose radical-complement is fully nondegenerate and contains an
explicit hyperbolic-plane decomposition.