Adjoint orbits in the Lie algebra of the generalized real orthogonal group

Abstract

Let $(V,\gamma )$ be a real finite dimensional vector space with a symmetric bilinear form $\gamma $ whose kernel is spanned by a nonzero vector. The set of invertible real linear mappings of $(V, \gamma )$ into itself forms a Lie group called the generalized orthogonal group. This paper finds a unique representative for each orbit of the adjoint action of the generalized orthogonal group on its Lie algebra.