Computing a logarithm of a unitary matrix with general spectrum

DOI10.1002/nla.1927zbMath1340.65089arXiv1203.6151OpenAlexW3123715103MaRDI QIDQ2948083

Terry A. Loring

Publication date: 29 September 2015

Published in: Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.6151

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmfunctional calculusunitary matricesSchur decompositiontopological insulatorsmatrix logarithmnearly unitary matrixself-dual matricesskew-Hermitian logarithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Matrix exponential and similar functions of matrices (15A16) Orthogonal matrices (15B10) Numerical computation of matrix exponential and similar matrix functions (65F60)

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Uses Software

• LAPACK
• Matlab
• Algorithm 923

Cites Work

• Topological insulators and \(C^{*}\)-algebras: theory and numerical practice
• Factorization of matrices of quaternions
• Bounds for iterates, inverses, spectral variation and fields of values of non-normal matrices
• A parallel algorithm for computing the polar decomposition
• Algorithm 923
• LAPACK Users' Guide
• A Chart of Numerical Methods for Structured Eigenvalue Problems
• Nineteen Dubious Ways to Compute the Exponential of a Matrix
• A Schur-Parlett Algorithm for Computing Matrix Functions
• Eigenvalue distribution in the self-dual non-Hermitian ensemble

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