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References on the partial trace
For the Hilbert space $H^N:=L((\mathbb R^{3})^N,\mathbb C)$, consider the projection operator $D: H^N\to H^N$ as follows :
$$D(\Phi):=\left(\int_{(\mathbb R^{3})^N}\overline{\Psi(x_1,\ldots, x_N)}\Phi(...
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Taking trace of a tensor product of matrix-valued smooth functions on the thin diagonal
Let $V$ be a finite dimensional real / complex vector space and consider the space $L(V,V)$ of linear operators on $V$.
Fix $n \in \mathbb{N}$ and let $\mathcal{M}$ be the real / complex vector space ...
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Geometric interpretation of trace
This afternoon I was speaking with some graduate students in the department and we came to the following quandary;
Is there a geometric interpretation of the trace of a matrix?
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Can the trace be computed in any Schauder basis?
I'm cross-posting this question from Math.SE, as it didn't get much attention there.
Let $H$ be a separable Hilbert space and $T \in L(H)$ a trace-class operator. It is well known that the trace of $T$...
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Faithful traces on reduced $C^*$-algebra of a measured groupoid
Let $G$ be a measured étale groupoid with quasi-invariant measure $\mu$ (that induces the reduced $C^* $-algebra, meaning it has full support) with associated equivalent measures $\nu,\nu^{-1}$.
Is ...
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Geometric interpretation of trace of a linear operator
This question is really an addendum to Geometric interpretation of trace
There is a nice account of the trace in Chris Doran's thesis here: http://geometry.mrao.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/...
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An "almost" true inequality for Hermitian matrices
Let $A$ be an $N\times N$ Hermitian matrix. For $p+q$ even, consider the following inequality:
$$\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} (A^q)_{ii} \geq \Big(\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} \Big) \Big(\...
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Trace inequality for non-reversible Markov chain
Let $P \in \mathbb{R}^{d \times d}$ be the transition kernel for a Markov chain with stationary measure $\pi$ and define $P^\ast$ to be the time-reversed transition kernel defined by $P^\ast_{ij} := ...
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How to show that the trace of a regularized Laplacian defined on two sphere with radius $h\geq 1$ is diverging logarithmically?
Let $h,m\in[1,\infty)$. I would like to verify that the following sum diverges logarithmically
\begin{equation}
\sum_{d=0}^{\infty} \frac{2d+1}{2h^2(1+\frac{d(d+1)}{h^2})(1+\frac{d(d+1)}{h^2m ^2})^{2}}...
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Hattori-Stallings trace
Let $R$ be a (possibly non-commutative) unital ring and $M$ be a left $R$-module. If $M$ is finitely generated and projective, the natural map $$\iota:\mathrm{Hom}_R(M,R)\otimes_R M\to \mathrm{Hom}_R(...
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Trace map for universal bundle of Grassmannian
Let $G := G(k,V)$ denote the Grassmannian of $k$-linear subspaces in a $\mathbb{C}$-vector space $V$ of dimension $n$. Let $S$ denote the tautological bundle over $G$. There is a canonical map on ...
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An inequality related to matrix trace
$$Tr(A|A^T U \Sigma U^T|) \leq Tr(AA^T U \Sigma U^T)$$ where $A \in \mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ is a real rectangular matrix, $U \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ is a orthonormal matrix and $\Sigma$ is a ...
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[M,N]≅ [M,R] ⊗ N for E-infinity modules
Let $\texttt{R}$ be an $\texttt{E}$-infinity ring and let $\texttt{M,N}$ be $\texttt{E}$-infinity modules. Under what conditions do we have
$$ \texttt{[M, N] ≅ [M,R] ⊗ N}$$
Under ordinary ...
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Trace identity for $2 \times 2$ reflections [closed]
Let $A, B, C \in \mathrm{GL}(2,\mathbb{C})$ be reflections (i.e., their eigenvalues are $\pm 1$). Please show that
$$ \DeclareMathOperator\Tr{Tr}\{\Tr(AB)\}^2+\{\Tr(BC)\}^2 + \{\Tr(CA)\}^2 - \{\Tr(AB)\...
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Bound on the trace of inverse matrix
Suppose $A$ is a positive semi-definite matrix and we can bound its trace as $l \le tr(A) \le L$. I am wondering if it is possible to find the upper and lower bounds on the trace of $A^{-1}$ based on $...
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Dimensionality reduction preserving cyclic traces
Suppose that I have $n$ matrices $A_1, \ldots, A_n \in \mathbb{R}^{m \times m}$ with $m \gg n$. Can I find $n$ new matrices $B_1, \ldots, B_n \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ that have the same 3-way ...
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What conclusions can I derive from this family of trace inequalities?
Problem. Let $n_1,\ldots,n_s,m_1,\ldots,m_s\ge 0$ be nonnegative integers and set $m := \sum_{i=1}^s m_i$ and $n := \sum_{i=1}^s n_i$. Let $\oplus$ be an operation on matrices which stacks them in a ...
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If I multiply the coefficients of a trace-class operator with bounded complex numbers is it still trace class?
Suppose that $T \in TC(l^2( \mathbb{Z}))$ is trace class.
Consider its kernel $ T(i,j) = \langle e_i, T e_j \rangle $ where $ \{e_i\}_{i \in \mathbb{Z}}$ is an ONB for $l^2( \mathbb{Z})$. Now, ...
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Relationship between singular values, traces and Hermitian conjugate
I am working on a following problem in my free time (which is a simplified version of a problem described here - arxiv.org/abs/0711.2613):
Let $A$, $B$ be zero-trace $4 \times 4$ matrices that meet ...
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Extreme points of the set of all traces
Let $G$ be a finitely generated group with a bound on its complex unitary irreducible representations: That is assume all complex unitary irreducibles of $G$ have degrees at most $k$ for some integer $...
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Another formula for the Schwinger term — problems with a calculation
$\DeclareMathOperator\Tr{Tr}$I have a problem with understanding the proof of Proposition 6.8 in the book ,,Elements of Noncommutative Geometry''. One can find the formulation of this proposition here ...
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Inner products on super vector spaces
Let $V=V^0\oplus V^1$ be a super vector space (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_vector_space)
Is there a special definition of an inner product on $V$ other than just an inner product on the ...
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Matrix trace & norm [closed]
For any nonnegative semidefinite matrix $A$ and any matrix $B$, we have
$$\mbox{tr} (AB) \le \mbox{tr} (A) \, \|B\|$$
where $\mbox{tr}(\cdot)$ is the trace and $\|\cdot\|$ is the operator norm. How ...
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Does there always exist a matrix satisfying certain tracial conditions
Given odd integers $0<a<b$, I want to know if there exists an $n$ by $n$ real valued square matrix $M$ such that
$$ M_{ij} = M_{ji} \quad \forall i,j \in \{1,2\dots n\}$$
$$ \sum_{i=1}^n M_{ij} =...
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Spectrum invariant under (generalised) transpose as operator on trace class operators
For matrices $A$ it is well known that the spectrum is invariant under transpose $\sigma(A^T) = \sigma(A)$. Furthermore, the spectrum of the adjoint matrix $\sigma(A^*) = \overline{ \sigma(A)}$ the ...
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Mixed moments of traces
I've seen a host of results concerning computations for $$\mathbb{E} \left[ \operatorname{tr} A^{i_1}\cdots \operatorname{tr} A^{i_j} \,\overline{\operatorname{tr} A^{k_1} \cdots \operatorname{tr} A^{...
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Proving 2 matrices have the same trace [closed]
I found a problem in my textbook and I have tried solving it, but I had no succes. The problem is:
Let $A$ and $B$ be $n \times n$ matrices with complex number entries. Given that $AB−BA$ is ...
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Algorithm to minimize $\operatorname{tr}(PAP^TB)$?
Let say I have two $n$ x $n$ matrices $A$ and $B$ where all elements are real positive values. I want to find some $n$ x $n$ permutation matrix $P$ such that $\operatorname{tr}(P A P ^T B)$ is ...
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for $\mbox{trace}(A^{-1/2}e^{-tB} (AB+BA) e^{-tB}A^{-1/2}) \ge 0$ for all $t$
Let $A$ and $B$ be positive-definite matrices of the same size. For any $t \ge 0$, define
$$
u(t) := \mbox{trace}(A^{-1/2}e^{-tB} (AB+BA) e^{-tB}A^{-1/2}).
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Question. What are necessary and ...
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Geometric interpretation of characteristic polynomial
The coefficients of lowest and next-highest degree of a linear operator's characteristic polynomial are its determinant and trace. These have well-known geometric interpretations. But what about its ...
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Inequalities involving traces of products of hermitian positive semidefinite matrices
$\DeclareMathOperator{\tr}{tr}$
Fix an integer $n \geq 2$. Let $A_1, \dotsc, A_n$ be hermitian positive semidefinite matrices, with each $A_i$ being $m$ by $m$.
Consider the symmetric group $S_n$ on $...
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Which operators on the trace-class operators extend to operators on Hilbert-Schmidt operators?
Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a separable Hilbert space and let $TC( \mathcal{H})$, $HS(\mathcal{H})$ be the space of trace-class operators and Hilbert-Schmidt operators on $\mathcal{H}$. Recall that these ...
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Show that for all $\delta$, we have $\|u\|^2_{\Gamma}\le c_\delta(\|u\|^2_{\omega(\delta)}+\|u\|_{\omega(\delta)}\|\nabla u\|_{\omega(\delta)})$
I am reading the article On existence of weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in regions with moving boundaries from Fujita and Kato and at some point they use an argument I have some trouble ...
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Two Hattori-Stallings trace questions
$\DeclareMathOperator\THH{THH}\DeclareMathOperator\Perf{Perf}\DeclareMathOperator\map{map}\DeclareMathOperator\tr{tr}\DeclareMathOperator\HH{HH}\DeclareMathOperator\fib{fib}\DeclareMathOperator\id{id}\...
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Hölder inequality inside trace
$\DeclareMathOperator\tr{tr}$Suppose we have positive semidefinite matrices $A_1, \dotsc, A_n$ and $B_1, \dotsc, B_n$ of the same dimension. Do we have a Hölder inequality for the trace of the ...
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Different generating sets for conjugation invariants of several matrices
There is a theorem of Procesi that the ring of polynomial functions on tuples $(A_1,A_2, \dots, A_m)$ of $n \times n$ matrices, which are invariant under simultaneous conjugation, is generated by ...
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Inequality for trace of a symmetric product?
Let $A$ be a real, positive-definite, symmetric operator on an $n$-dimensional space $V$. Write $\odot^k A$ for the action of $A$ on the symmetric power $\odot^k V$. Let $v_1,\dotsc,v_n$ be a basis ...
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Singular value of Hadamard product
Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ random symmetric matrix with $E(A_{i j}) = 0$, $Var(A_{i j}) = 1/n$ for any $i,j$. $B$ is an $n \times n$ symmetric matrix with $B_{ii} = 0$.
I need to find a upper bound of ...
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Trace of six gamma matrices
I need to calculate this expression:
$$Tr(\gamma^{\mu}\gamma^{\nu}\gamma^{\rho}\gamma^{\sigma}\gamma^{\alpha}\gamma^{\beta}\gamma^{5}) $$
I know that I can express this as:
$$ Tr(\gamma^{\mu}\gamma^{\...
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For which representations of a Lie algebra is the induced trace form basic?
Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra. Let $\rho$ be a representation of $\mathfrak{g}$ on a finite-dimensional vector space $E$.
Consider now the bilinear form on $\mathfrak{g}$:
\begin{equation}...
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Reconstruct a matrix from its traces
In my research I came across the following problem. Let $A$ be a symmetric and $\Gamma$ be a diagonal $n\times n$ matrices. The eigenvalues of $A$ are known $\lambda_1,\ldots\lambda_n$. The traces $\...
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When is an integral transform trace class?
Given a measure space $(X, \mu)$ and a measurable integral kernel $k : X \times X \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, the operator
$$ K f(\xi) =\int_{X} f(x) k(x,\xi) d \mu(x),$$
the operator $K$ is Hilbert ...
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Tensor product of operator subalgebras and properties of the trace
Note that this question was already posted on MSE: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4290741/tensor-product-of-operator-subalgebras-and-properties-of-the-trace
Let $V$ be a vector space and let ...
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Why trace is more natural than (preferred to) determinant for smooth map $f:M\to N$?
Cross-post from MSE.
For a continuous map $f:(M,g)\to (N,h)$, between Riemannian manifolds $(M,g)$ and $(N,h)$ we can pullback $h$ by $f$. Most experts take the trace from this new tensor and work ...
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Frobenius algebras and traces of modules
$\newcommand{\Hom}{\mathscr{Hom}}$
Let $C$ be a cocomplete closed symmetric monoidal category, and the tensor product preserves colimits in each variable;
Let $A$ be a commutative algebra in $C$, ...
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Trace of non-commutable matrices
Let $M_1$ and $M_2$ be two symmetric $d\times d$ matrices. What is the relationship between
$tr(M_1M_2M_1M_2)$ and $tr(M_1^2 M_2^2 )$?
P.S. I tried a few examples and found
$$
tr(M_1M_2M_1M_2) \le tr(...
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Trace inequality under consideration of definiteness
Let $G \in \mathbb{R}^{3 \times 3}$ a symmetric, but indefinite matrix and $U \in \mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}$ a symmetric and positive definite matrix. I would like to prove the inequality
$$ \text{Tr} \...
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Closed paths, traces and spectra
Let $\Gamma$ be a graph. Write $A$ for its adjacency matrix. It is trivial to show that $\mathrm{Tr} A^k$ equals the number of closed walks of length k, that is, the number of $k$-step walks that ...
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Convexity of the Frobenius norm of the product of two matrices
I have the following function for two matrices ${\bf A}$ and ${\bf B}$:
$f({\bf A}, {\bf B}) = \| {\bf Y - XAB} \|_F^2 = trace\{({\bf Y - XAB)}^T({\bf Y - XAB)}\}$
where matrices ${\bf X}_{n \times ...
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Hecke algebra relation versus $\operatorname{SL}_2$ trace relation
The quadratic relation in the (type $A$) Hecke algebra is $(T-t)(T+t^{-1}) =0$, which can be rewritten as
$$
T-T^{-1} = t-t^{-1}$$
Suppose $A \in \operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{Q})$ with eigenvalues $a,...
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