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Are almost commuting hermitian matrices close to commuting matrices (in the 2-norm)?

I consider on $M_n(\mathbb C)$ the normalized $2$-norm, i.e. the norm given by $\|A\|_2 = \sqrt{\mathrm{Tr}(A^* A)/n}$. My question is whether a $k$-uple of hermitian matrices that are almost ...
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Almost commuting unitary matrices

Suppose that $A_1,\dots, A_k$ are unitary matrices such that any two of them can be approximated by commuting unitary matrices. i.e. for any $i$ and $j$, there are unitary matrices $A_i'$ and $A_j'$ ...
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Groups of operators between local unitaries and full unitaries

Consider the group $U(d_1) \otimes U(d_2)$ of "local unitary" operators acting on the complex space $\mathbb{C}^{d_1} \otimes \mathbb{C}^{d_2}$ (i.e., $U(d_1) \otimes U(d_2)$ is the group of unitary ...
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Subgroups of U(M_n)

can any subgroup of the unitary group of full matrix alg $M_d(\mathbb{C})$ be approximated on finite sets by a finite subgroup? i.e. is the following True or false? Let $n, d$ be positive integers ...
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Making Hermitian matrices almost commute

Consider two Hermitian matrices $A, B \in \mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$. I'm interested in finding another Hermitian matrix $A'$ that is close to $A$ and almost commutes with $B$. More precisely, I'd like ...
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