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Approximation of a continuous curve on commuting matrices

I have a continuous curve $A:\mathbf{R}_+\rightarrow \text{M}_N(\mathbf{R})$ such that $[A(t),A(s)] \operatorname*{\longrightarrow}_{t,s\rightarrow +\infty} 0$, where $[A(t),A(s)] = A(t)A(s)-A(s)A(t)$....
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Question on whether, "An entire function, nowhere zero, has an entire logarithm," holds for matrix-valued entire functions as well

It is known that an entire function that is nowhere zero must be the exponential of another entire function. Does this hold for matrix-valued functions as well? That is, given a matrix-valued entire ...
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Continuous path of unitary matrices with prescribed first column?

Consider a continuous curve $u \colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{C}^n$ where $u(t)$ is always a unit vector, $u(t)^* u(t) = 1$. Question 1: Does there exist a continuous curve $U \colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{C}^{n ...
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A potential new norm for matrices and Horn's inequalities

I am investigating a function defined in terms of the singular values of matrices. Initially, I simplified the problem by focusing on the eigenvalues of $2 \times 2$ Hermitian, positive-definite ...
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Dynamical formulation of the 2-Wasserstein distance for *discrete* matrix-valued measures

TL;DR: I want to find a definition generalizing "$t \mapsto \frac{1}{m} \sum_{k = 1}^{m} \delta_{x_k(t)}$ is a Wasserstein gradient flow" to matrix-valued probability measures. Let $(X, d)$ ...
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eigenvalues of matrices (with positive entries)

I am reading an old paper by Kawpien and Pelczynski, Studia Math. 1970. It claims that singular values of a matrix (with positive entries? I am not sure) is given by $t_i=\sqrt{\sum_{j\ge 1}a(i,j)^2}$....
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Local differentiability of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix

Let $A(x)\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a real symmetric matrix depending on the point $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$, where the eigenvalues are not necessarily simple. Can we say that for all $x$ there exists an ...
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Banach-Mazur distance between Schatten-$p$ classes

Let $M_n$ denote the set of all $n\times n$ complex matrices. Let $1\leq p<\infty.$ For $A\in M_n$ define $\|A\|_p:=(Tr(A^*A)^{p/2})^{1/p}$ where $Tr$ denotes the usual trace of a matrix. Then $\|.\...
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Is it true that $\lVert A\rVert \leq \lVert A^2\rVert$ for $A\in \operatorname{SL}(2, \mathbb{R})$ when $\operatorname{trace}(A)>2$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\trace{trace}$Let $A \in \SL(2,\mathbb{R})$ and $\trace(A)>2$. Is it true that $$\lVert A\rVert \leq \lVert A^2\rVert,$$ where $\lVert \rVert$ is the ...
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A question of invertibility of matrices

Let $A$ and $B$ be self-adjoint $n \times n$ matrices. Let $A$ be diagonal. Suppose $A+tB$ and $tA+B$ are invertible for all $t \in \mathbb R$. What can we say about $A$ and $B$? My guess is that $\...
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When is the matrix norm multiplicative

Let $|| = ||_{p,q}$ be an operator norm on $\mathbb R^{n \times m}$. In General, $\|AB\|\le \|A\|\|B\|$. Is there some criterion on $A, B$ (at least for some operator norms) so that $\|AB\| = \lVert ...
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Matrices Representing Bounded Operators and Absolute Values

Let $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{\infty}$ be an infinite matrix of complex numbers. For every positive integer $n$, we shall denote with $A_n$ the $n \times n$ matrix $A_n=(a_{i,j})_{i,j=1}^{n}$, and if $x \...
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Choi type matrix condition for completely positivity on a certain operator system spanned by some unitaries

Let $B_1$ and $B_2$ be $C^*$-algebras. Let $U_1, \ldots, U_n$ be some unitaries in $B_1.$ We consider the operator system $S$ spanned by $U_iU_j^*.$ Let $\phi: S \rightarrow B_2.$ Given that the ...
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Matrix inequality between a traceless matrix and identity

Given a traceless matrix $C\in M_n(\mathbb{F})$, i.e., tr$(C)=0$, what is the relationship between tr$|\mathbb{I}+C|$ and tr$|C|$? The two matrices are of dimension $n$.
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Structure theorem for finite dimensional $C^*$-algebras and their representations

I would like a source for some Artin-Wedderburn type facts about these algebras which seem to have easy proofs, and are probably written somewhere. Let $\mathcal{A} \subset M_n(\mathbb{C})$ be an ...
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Asymptotic Behavior of Non-Analytic Function of the Eigenvalues

Hello, Let $A_n = (a_{k-j};\;k,j = 0,1,\ldots,n-1)$ be a sequence of $n\times n$ Toeplitz matrices, with eigenvalues $(\lambda_{n,i};\;i = 0,1,\ldots,n-1)$. If $A_n$ were a sequence of Hermitian ...