Reciprocal Lie-Trotter formula

Abstract: Let

A

and

B

be positive semidefinite matrices. The limit of the expression

Z_{p} := (A^{p / 2} B^{p} A^{p / 2})^{1 / p}

as

p

tends to

0

is given by the well known Lie-Trotter-Kato formula. A similar formula holds for the limit of

as

p

tends to

0

, where

is the geometric mean of

X

and

Y

. In this paper we study the complementary limit of

Z_{p}

and

G_{p}

as

p

tends to

i n f t y

, with the ultimate goal of finding an explicit formula, which we call the anti Lie-Trotter formula. We show that the limit of

Z_{p}

exists and find an explicit formula in a special case. The limit of

G_{p}

is shown for

2 i m e s 2

matrices only.

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