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Finding $U,V$ in Thompson's Formula
Thompson's formula says, given $A,B \in \mathfrak{su}(n)$, there exists $U,V \in SU(n)$ such that:
$e^{A}e^{B}=e^{UAU^{\dagger} + VBV^{\dagger}}$
Given $a,b \in \mathfrak{su}(4)$ defined by:
$a=J_x ...
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How to find the unitary matrices in this exponential matrix representation
In the following post
Representing a product of matrix exponentials as the exponential of a sum
there is a statement regarding the result of the multiplication of two matrix exponentials:
if $A$ and $...
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Solvability of a matrix exponential equation - generalized matrix logarithm
For a given invertible real matrix $G\in \mathrm{GL}_d$ with $\det G>0$, we ask for a solution $B$ of the matrix exponential equation
$$
G = \exp(B) \exp\bigl(\tfrac{1}{2}(B^T-B)\bigr) .
$$
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Particular decomposition of $SU(n)$
Given $a,b \in \mathfrak{su(n)}$ which generate the full algebra, it is possible to write and $G \in SU(n)$ as:
$G = \exp(\alpha_1 a)\exp(\beta_1 b) \ldots \exp(\alpha_m a)\exp(\beta_m b)$
for some ...
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Find logarithm of a matrix containing a constrained set of basis elements
Let $U$ be a unitary matrix, and let $H$ be an Hermitian matrix.
I want to know if there is a $t \in\mathbb R$ such that $\exp(i t H) = U$.
A connected question is: given a set $\{g_1, g_2, ..., g_N\}...
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Lie Algebra of Aut(GL(n,R))
What is the Lie Algebra of $Aut(Gl(n,F))$ when $F$ is either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$?
Is it enough to consider the injection via Hochschild:
$Aut(GL(n)) \to Aut(\mathfrak{gl}(n))$?
Edit: The ...
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Singularities of the Quantum propagator (baby version)
Given $a,b \in \mathfrak{su}(4)$ which are taken to generate the whole algebra, consider the following map $V:\mathbb{R}^{2} \rightarrow SU(4)$:
$V : (w_1, w_{2}) \mapsto e^{(a+w_2 b)} e^{(a+w_1 b)}$
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