Trace Inequality
In mathematics, there are many kinds of inequalities involving matrices and linear operators on Hilbert spaces. This article covers some important operator inequalities connected with traces of matrices.E. Carlen, Trace Inequalities and Quantum Entropy: An Introductory Course, Contemp. Math. 529 (2010) 73–140 B. Simon, Trace Ideals and their Applications, Cambridge Univ. Press, (1979); Second edition. Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, (2005). Basic definitions Let \mathbf_n denote the space of Hermitian n \times n matrices, \mathbf_n^+ denote the set consisting of positive semi-definite n \times n Hermitian matrices and \mathbf_n^ denote the set of positive definite Hermitian matrices. For operators on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space we require that they be trace class and self-adjoint, in which case similar definitions apply, but we discuss only matrices, for simplicity. For any real-valued function f on an interval I \subseteq \Reals, one may define a matrix function ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many areas of mathematics, which include number theory (the study of numbers), algebra (the study of formulas and related structures), geometry (the study of shapes and spaces that contain them), Mathematical analysis, analysis (the study of continuous changes), and set theory (presently used as a foundation for all mathematics). Mathematics involves the description and manipulation of mathematical object, abstract objects that consist of either abstraction (mathematics), abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicspurely abstract entities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. Mathematics uses pure reason to proof (mathematics), prove properties of objects, a ''proof'' consisting of a succession of applications of in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elementary Proof
In mathematics, an elementary proof is a mathematical proof that only uses basic techniques. More specifically, the term is used in number theory to refer to proofs that make no use of complex analysis. Historically, it was once thought that certain theorems, like the prime number theorem, could only be proved by invoking "higher" mathematical theorems or techniques. However, as time progresses, many of these results have also been subsequently reproven using only elementary techniques. While there is generally no consensus as to what counts as elementary, the term is nevertheless a common part of the mathematical jargon. An elementary proof is not necessarily simple, in the sense of being easy to understand or trivial. In fact, some elementary proofs can be quite complicated — and this is especially true when a statement of notable importance is involved.. Prime number theorem The distinction between elementary and non-elementary proofs has been considered especially important ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Density Matrix
In quantum mechanics, a density matrix (or density operator) is a matrix used in calculating the probabilities of the outcomes of measurements performed on physical systems. It is a generalization of the state vectors or wavefunctions: while those can only represent pure states, density matrices can also represent mixed states. These arise in quantum mechanics in two different situations: # when the preparation of a system can randomly produce different pure states, and thus one must deal with the statistics of possible preparations, and # when one wants to describe a physical system that is entangled with another, without describing their combined state. This case is typical for a system interacting with some environment (e.g. decoherence). In this case, the density matrix of an entangled system differs from that of an ensemble of pure states that, combined, would give the same statistical results upon measurement. Density matrices are thus crucial tools in areas of quantum ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lieb's Concavity Theorem
In mathematics, there are many kinds of inequalities involving matrices and linear operators on Hilbert spaces. This article covers some important operator inequalities connected with traces of matrices.E. Carlen, Trace Inequalities and Quantum Entropy: An Introductory Course, Contemp. Math. 529 (2010) 73–140 B. Simon, Trace Ideals and their Applications, Cambridge Univ. Press, (1979); Second edition. Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, (2005). Basic definitions Let \mathbf_n denote the space of Hermitian n \times n matrices, \mathbf_n^+ denote the set consisting of positive semi-definite n \times n Hermitian matrices and \mathbf_n^ denote the set of positive definite Hermitian matrices. For operators on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space we require that they be trace class and self-adjoint, in which case similar definitions apply, but we discuss only matrices, for simplicity. For any real-valued function f on an interval I \subseteq \Reals, one may define a matrix function f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mary Beth Ruskai
Mary Beth Ruskai (February 26, 1944 – September 27, 2023) was an American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics with interest in mathematical problems in quantum physics. She was a Fellow of the AAAS, AMS, APS, and AWM. Education Ruskai was the daughter of Michael J. Ruskai and Evelyn M. Ruskai (née Gortz). She had three sisters. She graduated from Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Ohio in 1965 with a BS in chemistry. She simultaneously received her M.A. in mathematics and her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. Her PhD thesis was about the '' N-Representability Problem''. Career She was the Battelle postdoctoral fellow in mathematical physics at the Institut de Physique Theorique in Geneva Switzerland from 1969 to 1971. She spent most of her career at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she was on the faculty from 1977 until she took early retirement in 2002. From 2003 to 2013 she was based at Tufts Universit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hermitian Adjoint
In mathematics, specifically in operator theory, each linear operator A on an inner product space defines a Hermitian adjoint (or adjoint) operator A^* on that space according to the rule :\langle Ax,y \rangle = \langle x,A^*y \rangle, where \langle \cdot,\cdot \rangle is the inner product on the vector space. The adjoint may also be called the Hermitian conjugate or simply the Hermitian after Charles Hermite. It is often denoted by in fields like physics, especially when used in conjunction with bra–ket notation in quantum mechanics. In dimension (vector space), finite dimensions where operators can be represented by Matrix (mathematics), matrices, the Hermitian adjoint is given by the conjugate transpose (also known as the Hermitian transpose). The above definition of an adjoint operator extends verbatim to bounded operator, bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces H. The definition has been further extended to include unbounded ''Densely defined operator, densely def ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson (15 December 1923 – 28 February 2020) was a British-American theoretical physics, theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his works in quantum field theory, astrophysics, random matrix, random matrices, mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, and nuclear engineering, engineering. He was professor emeritus in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton and a member of the board of sponsors of the ''Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists''. Dyson originated several concepts that bear his name, such as Dyson's transform, a fundamental technique in additive number theory, which he developed as part of his proof of Mann's theorem; the Dyson tree, a hypothetical genetic engineering, genetically engineered plant capable of growing in a comet; the Dyson series, a Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics), perturbative series where each term is represented by Feynman diagrams; the Dys ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mutsuo Yanase
Mutsuo (written: 六夫, 睦郎 or 睦夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (1935–2005), Japanese baseball pitcher * (1918–1986), Japanese engineer * (born 1943), Japanese judge * (1913–1943), Japanese sprinter * (born 1937), Japanese poet and writer * (1917-1938), perpetrator of the Tsuyama massacre * (born 1957), Japanese sumo wrestler See also *Matsuo (name) Matsuo (written: 松尾) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include: * , Japanese engineer * , Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese Edo period poet *, Japanese violinist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice ... {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eugene Wigner
Eugene Paul Wigner (, ; November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who also contributed to mathematical physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles". A graduate of the Technical Hochschule Berlin (now Technische Universität Berlin), Wigner worked as an assistant to Karl Weissenberg and Richard Becker (physicist), Richard Becker at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin, and David Hilbert at the University of Göttingen. Wigner and Hermann Weyl were responsible for introducing group theory into physics, particularly the theory of symmetry in physics. Along the way he performed ground-breaking work in pure mathematics, in which he authored a number of mathematical theorems. In particular, Wigner's theorem is a cornerstone ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elliott Lieb
Elliott Hershel Lieb (born July 31, 1932) is an American mathematical physicist. He is a professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton University. Lieb's works pertain to quantum and classical many-body problem, atomic structure, the stability of matter, functional inequalities, the theory of magnetism, and the Hubbard model. Biography Lieb was born in Boston in 1932, the family moved to New York when he was five. His father came from Lithuania and was an accountant, his mother came from Bessarabia and worked as a secretary. Lieb received his B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953 and his PhD in mathematical physics from the University of Birmingham in England in 1956. Lieb was a Fulbright Fellow at Kyoto University, Japan (1956–1957), and worked as the Staff Theoretical Physicist for IBM from 1960 to 1963. In 1961–1962, Lieb was on leave as professor of applied mathematics at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone. In 1963, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Advances In Mathematics
''Advances in Mathematics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on pure mathematics. It was established in 1961 by Gian-Carlo Rota. The journal publishes 18 issues each year, in three volumes. At the origin, the journal aimed at publishing articles addressed to a broader "mathematical community", and not only to mathematicians in the author's field. Herbert Busemann writes, in the preface of the first issue, "The need for expository articles addressing either all mathematicians or only those in somewhat related fields has long been felt, but little has been done outside of the USSR. The serial publication ''Advances in Mathematics'' was created in response to this demand." Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: * [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |