1. Induced Metric And Matrix Inequalities On Unitary Matrices
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Chau, H. F., Li, C. -K., Poon, Y. -T., and Sze, N. -S.
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Mathematical Physics ,Mathematics - Spectral Theory ,Quantum Physics - Abstract
Recently, Chau [Quant. Inform. & Comp. 11, 721 (2011)] showed that one can define certain metrics and pseudo-metrics on U(n), the group of all $n\times n$ unitary matrices, based on the arguments of the eigenvalues of the unitary matrices. More importantly, these metrics and pseudo-metrics have quantum information theoretical meanings. So it is instructive to study this kind of metrics and pseudo-metrics on U(n). Here we show that any symmetric norm on ${\mathbb R}^n$ induces a metric on U(n). Furthermore, using the same technique, we prove an inequality concerning the eigenvalues of a product of two unitary matrices which generalizes a few inequalities obtained earlier by Chau [arXiv:1006.3614v1]., Comment: 6 pages, extensively rewritten with an earlier error fixed. It generalizes and simplifies the mathematical results concerning certain matrix inequalities originally reported in arXiv:1006.3614v1. To appear in J.Phys.A
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- 2011
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