The classification of invariant subspaces is an open problem related to other important ones like the Carlson problem. Here we obtain a reduced form of these invariant subspaces as a new tool to tackle these problems. In particular, it allows us to prove quite easily partial results already known. The key point is assigning to each invariant subspace a marked one (its marked type) in order to partition the set of invariant subspaces in a finite number of subsets (the marked classes), each one containing only one marked subspace. Next, we parametrize (minimally) each marked class by means of the so-called PM reduced families, so that representatives of an invariant subspace (its PM reduced forms) appear in just one of these families.

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