Symplectic eigenvalue pairing

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If S is a real symplectic matrix (S^T J S = J), then its spectrum is invariant under λ ↦ 1/λ; the eigenvalues therefore come in quadruples (λ, 1/λ, λ̄, 1/λ̄) off the unit circle, and in reciprocal real pairs or unit-modulus conjugate pairs…

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