grandes-ecoles 2022 Q35

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__official Groups Symplectic and Orthogonal Group Properties
Let $u \in \operatorname { Symp } _ { \omega } ( E )$ be a symplectic endomorphism of $E$, and let $e_1 \in E$ be a non-zero vector. Why does there exist a composition $\delta _ { 1 }$ of at most two symplectic transvections of $E$ such that $\delta _ { 1 } \left( u \left( e _ { 1 } \right) \right) = e _ { 1 }$?
Let $u \in \operatorname { Symp } _ { \omega } ( E )$ be a symplectic endomorphism of $E$, and let $e_1 \in E$ be a non-zero vector. Why does there exist a composition $\delta _ { 1 }$ of at most two symplectic transvections of $E$ such that $\delta _ { 1 } \left( u \left( e _ { 1 } \right) \right) = e _ { 1 }$?