On the BMV conjecture for 2 2 matrices and the exponential convexity of the function (at^2+b)

DOI10.1007/S11785-015-0513-4zbMATH Open1386.15022arXiv1505.00084OpenAlexW2963751025WikidataQ115601941 ScholiaQ115601941MaRDI QIDQ522985FDOQ522985

V. Katsnelson

Publication date: 20 April 2017

Published in: Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The BMV conjecture states that for (n imes n) Hermitian matrices (A) and (B) the function (f_{A,B}(t)= r e^{tA+B}) is exponentially convex. Recently the BMV conjecture was proved by Herbert Stahl. The proof of Herbert Stahl is based on ingenious considerations related to Riemann surfaces of algebraic functions. In the present paper we give a purely "matrix" proof of the BMV conjecture for (2 imes2) matrices. This proof is based on the Lie product formula for the exponential of the sum of two matrices. The proof also uses the commutation relations for the Pauli matrices and does not use anything else.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00084

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zbMATH Keywords

BMV conjecturePauli matricesLie product formulaexponentially convex functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Matrix exponential and similar functions of matrices (15A16) Laplace transform (44A10)

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