Multivariable Schur-Horn theorems

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Abstract: We prove a variety of results describing the possible diagonals of tuples of commuting hermitian operators in type II1 factors. These results are generalisations of the classical Schur-Horn theorem to the infinite dimensional, multivariable setting. Our description of these possible diagonals uses a natural generalisation of the classical notion of majorization to the multivariable setting. In the special case when both the given tuple and the desired diagonal have finite joint spectrum, our results are complete. When the tuples do not have finite joint spectrum, we are able to prove strong approximate results. Unlike the single variable case, the multivariable case presents several surprises and we point out obstructions to extending our complete description in the finite spectrum case to the general case. We also discuss the problem of characterizing diagonals of commuting tuples in mathcalB(mathcalH) and give approximate characterizations in this case as well.




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