The high road to an exponential formula. (Q1426292)
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The high road to an exponential formula. (English)
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14 March 2004
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The author proves a conjectured exponential formula. He shows that for Hermitian matrices \(H\) and \(K\), there exist unitary matrices \(U\) and \(V\) such that \(e^{H/2} e^K e^{H/2}= e^{UHU^*+ VKV^*}\). Applications of this exponential formula are also given.
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high road to exponential formula
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Hermitian matrix
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functional calculus
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unitary matrices
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