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The Schur-Horn theorem for operators with finite spectrum

Functional Analysis 2013-02-21 v1

Abstract

We characterize the set of diagonals of the unitary orbit of a self-adjoint operator with a finite spectrum. Our result extends the Schur-Horn theorem from a finite dimensional setting to an infinite dimensional Hilbert space analogous to Kadison's theorem for orthogonal projections and the second author's result for operators with three point spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.1302.4757,
  title  = {The Schur-Horn theorem for operators with finite spectrum},
  author = {Marcin Bownik and John Jasper},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.4757},
  year   = {2013}
}