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| Apr 7, 2010 at 1:33 | comment | added | Jon | In the application to the Holder inequality, one uses the fact that if U is a unitary operator, then replacing the matrix elements of U by the squares of their absolute values yields a doubly-stochastic matrix. | |
| Apr 4, 2010 at 18:25 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | Doubly-stochastic matrices (in one interpretation, anyway) describe transition probabilities of some Markov chain where all the transitions are reversible. The relevant vector space is the free vector space over the states of the chain. Maybe this interpretation isn't directly relevant to the application you're thinking of, but there should be some connection. | |
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| Apr 1, 2010 at 21:08 | history | answered | Jon | CC BY-SA 2.5 |