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A non-injective version of Wigner's theorem

Mathematical Physics 2023-06-30 v4 Functional Analysis math.MP

Abstract

Let HH be a complex Hilbert space and let Fs(H){\mathcal F}_{s}(H) be the real vector space of all self-adjoint finite rank operators on HH. We prove the following non-injective version of Wigner's theorem: every linear operator on Fs(H){\mathcal F}_{s}(H) sending rank one projections to rank one projections (without any additional assumption) is either induced by a linear or conjugate-linear isometry or constant on the set of rank one projections.

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@article{arxiv.1808.02783,
  title  = {A non-injective version of Wigner's theorem},
  author = {Mark Pankov and Lucijan Plevnik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.02783},
  year   = {2023}
}
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