On vector configurations that can be realized in the cone of positive matrices

DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2014.07.017zbMATH Open1309.15049arXiv1004.0686OpenAlexW1985397771MaRDI QIDQ401210FDOQ401210

Péter E. Frenkel, Mihály Weiner

Publication date: 26 August 2014

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $v_1$,..., $v_n$ be $n$ vectors in an inner product space. Can we find a natural number $d$ and positive (semidefinite) complex matrices $A_1$,..., $A_n$ of size $dimesd$ such that $mTr(A_k{A}_l)=<v_k,v_l>$ for all $k,l=1,\mathrm{...},n$? For such matrices to exist, one must have $<v_k,v_l>geq0$ for all $k,l=1,\mathrm{...},n$. We prove that if $n<5$ then this trivial necessary condition is also a sufficient one and find an appropriate example showing that from $n=5$ this is not so --- even if we allowed realizations by positive operators in a von Neumann algebra with a faithful normal tracial state. The fact that the first such example occurs at $n=5$ is similar to what one has in the well-investigated problem of positive factorization of positive (semidefinite) matrices. If the matrix $(<v_k,v_l>)$ has a positive factorization, then matrices $A_1$,..., $A_n$ as above exist. However, as we show by a large class of examples constructed with the help of the Clifford algebra, the converse implication is false.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.0686

zbMATH Keywords

von Neumann algebratracecone of positive semidefinite matricesvector configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices (15B48)

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