Functions of linear operators: Parameter differentiation

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Abstract: We derive a useful expression for the matrix elements [fracpartialf[A(t)]partialt]ij of the derivative of a function f[A(t)] of a diagonalizable linear operator A(t) with respect to the parameter t. The function f[A(t)] is supposed to be an operator acting on the same space as the operator A(t). We use the basis which diagonalizes A(t), i.e., Aij=lambdaideltaij, and obtain [fracpartialf[A(t)]partialt]ij=[fracpartialApartialt]ijfracf(lambdaj)−f(lambdai)lambdaj−lambdai. In addition to this, we show that further elaboration on the (not necessarily simple) integral expressions given by Wilcox 1967 (who basically considered f[A(t)] of the exponential type) and generalized by Rajagopal 1998 (who extended Wilcox results by considering f[A(t)] of the q-exponential type where expq(x)equiv[1+(1−q)x]1/(1−q) with qincalR; hence, exp1(x)=exp(x)) yields this same expression. Some of the lemmas first established by the above authors are easily recovered.











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