Classification of joint numerical ranges of three hermitian matrices of size three
Functional Analysis
2020-01-07 v3 Mathematical Physics
Metric Geometry
math.MP
Quantum Physics
Abstract
The joint numerical range of three hermitian -by- matrices is a convex and compact subset in . Generically we find that is a three-dimensional oval. Assuming , every one- or two-dimensional face of is a segment or a filled ellipse. We prove that only ten configurations of these segments and ellipses are possible. We identify a triple for each class and illustrate using random matrices and dual varieties.
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@article{arxiv.1603.06569,
title = {Classification of joint numerical ranges of three hermitian matrices of size three},
author = {Konrad Szymański and Stephan Weis and Karol Życzkowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.06569},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
23 pages, 4 figures. This version includes some minor improvements which could not be taken into account in the proofs of the published version