Non-commutative harmonic and subharmonic polynomials

DOI10.1007/S00020-008-1581-XzbMATH Open1169.47007arXiv0909.4884OpenAlexW2072093442MaRDI QIDQ930474FDOQ930474

Authors: J. William Helton, Daniel P. McAllaster, Joshua A. Hernandez 

Publication date: 30 June 2008

Published in: Integral Equations and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The paper introduces a notion of the Laplace operator of a polynomial p in noncommutative variables x=(x_1,...,x_g). The Laplacian Lap[p,h] of p is a polynomial in x and in a noncommuting variable h. When all variables commute we have Lap[p,h]=h^2Delta_x p where Delta_x p is the usual Laplacian. A symmetric polynomial in symmetric variables will be called harmonic if Lap[p,h]=0 and subharmonic if the polynomial q(x,h):=Lap[p,h] takes positive semidefinite matrix values whenever matrices X_1,..., X_g, H are substituted for the variables x_1,...,x_g, h. In this paper we classify all homogeneous symmetric harmonic and subharmonic polynomials in two symmetric variables. We find there are not many of them: for example, the span of all such subharmonics of any degree higher than 4 has dimension 2 (if odd degree) and 3 (if even degree). Hopefully, the approach here will suggest ways of defining and analyzing other partial differential equations and inequalities.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4884

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace operatornoncommutative polynomialssubharmonic polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices (15B48) Several-variable operator theory (spectral, Fredholm, etc.) (47A13) Functions whose values are linear operators (operator- and matrix-valued functions, etc., including analytic and meromorphic ones) (47A56)

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