Comment on some results of Erdahl and the convex structure of reduced density matrices

DOI10.1063/1.4736842zbMATH Open1276.81007arXiv1205.3682OpenAlexW2084226713MaRDI QIDQ2865494FDOQ2865494

Authors: Jianxin Chen, Zhengfeng Ji, Mary Beth Ruskai, Bei Zeng, Duan-Lu Zhou 

Publication date: 29 November 2013

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In J. Math. Phys. 13, 1608-1621 (1972), Erdahl considered the convex structure of the set of $N$-representable 2-body reduced density matrices in the case of fermions. Some of these results have a straightforward extension to the $m$-body setting and to the more general quantum marginal problem. We describe these extensions, but can not resolve a problem in the proof of Erdahl's claim that every extreme point is exposed in finite dimensions. Nevertheless, we can show that when $2mgeqN$ every extreme point of the set of $N$-representable $m$-body reduced density matrices has a unique pre-image in both the symmetric and anti-symmetric setting. Moreover, this extends to the quantum marginal setting for a pair of complementary $m$-body and $(N-m)$-body reduced density matrices.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3682

Recommendations

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4040648
• Relation between the range of an elementary 3-particle 2-body operator and the convex structure of the set of fermion 3-representable 2-density operators
• Quantum marginals from pure doubly excited states
• ConnectingN-representability to Weyl's problem: the one-particle density matrix forN= 3 andR= 6
• The quantum marginal problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex sets in topological vector spaces (aspects of convex geometry) (52A07) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Convex sets and cones of operators (47L07)

Cites Work

• Quantum error correction via codes over GF(4)
• The Pauli principle revisited
• Parts of quantum states
• The spectra of quantum states and the Kronecker coefficients of the symmetric group
• Reduction of the N-Particle Variational Problem
• ConnectingN-representability to Weyl's problem: the one-particle density matrix forN= 3 andR= 6

Cited In (12)

• Ground-state spaces of frustration-free Hamiltonians
• Operator systems and convex sets with many normal cones
• The face lattice of the set of reduced density matrices and its coatoms
• Continuity of the maximum-entropy inference: convex geometry and numerical ranges approach
• ConnectingN-representability to Weyl's problem: the one-particle density matrix forN= 3 andR= 6
• An effective solution to convex 1-body \(N\)-representability
• Relation between the range of an elementary 3-particle 2-body operator and the convex structure of the set of fermion 3-representable 2-density operators
• Almost all even-particle pure states are determined by their half-body marginals
• A variational principle for ground spaces
• The convex structure of the cone of \(N\)-fermion positive-semidefinite 1-particle operators
• Kippenhahn's theorem for joint numerical ranges and quantum states
• Continuity of the maximum-entropy inference

This page was built for publication: Comment on some results of Erdahl and the convex structure of reduced density matrices

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2865494)