Grassmann angles between real or complex subspaces
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Publication:6326293
arXiv1910.00147MaRDI QIDQ6326293FDOQ6326293
Authors: André L. G. Mandolesi 
Publication date: 30 September 2019
Abstract: The Grassmann angle improves upon similar angles between subspaces that measure volume contraction in orthogonal projections. It works in real or complex spaces, with important differences, and is asymmetric, what makes it more efficient when dimensions are distinct. It can be seen as an angle in Grassmann algebra, being related to its products and those of Clifford algebra, and gives the Fubini-Study metric on Grassmannians, an asymmetric metric on the full Grassmannian, and Hausdorff distances between full sub-Grassmannians. We give formulas for computing it in arbitrary bases, and identities for angles with certain families of subspaces, some of which are linked to real and complex Pythagorean theorems for volumes and quantum probabilities. Unusual features of the angle with an orthogonal complement, or the angle in complex spaces, are examined.
Exterior algebra, Grassmann algebras (15A75) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05) Metric geometry (51F99)
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