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Minimal length curves in unitary orbits of a Hermitian compact operator

Functional Analysis 2015-06-23 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

We study some examples of minimal length curves in homogeneous spaces of B(H) under a left action of a unitary group. Recent results relate these curves with the existence of minimal (with respect to a quotient norm) anti-Hermitian operators Z in the tangent space of the starting point. We show minimal curves that are not of this type but nevertheless can be approximated uniformly by those.

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@article{arxiv.1506.06177,
  title  = {Minimal length curves in unitary orbits of a Hermitian compact operator},
  author = {Tamara Bottazzi and Alejandro Varela},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.06177},
  year   = {2015}
}