The soft torus: A variational analysis of commutator norms (Q1891767)
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The soft torus: A variational analysis of commutator norms (English)
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14 June 1995
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The author shows that the field of \(C^*\)-algebras over the interval \([0, 2]\) for which the fibers are the soft tori is continuous. This result is applied to show that any pair of noncommuting unitary operators can be perturbed (in a weak sense) in a way which decreases the commutator norm. He also considers perturbations in the norm and gives a characterization for pairs of unitary operators which are local minimum points for the commutator norm in the finite-dimensional case.
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field of \(C^*\)-algebras
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fibers
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soft tori
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pair of noncommuting unitary operators
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decreases the commutator norm
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perturbations in the norm
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local minimum points
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