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Thompson's theorem for compact operators and diagonals of unitary operators

Functional Analysis 2018-02-28 v1

Abstract

As applications of Kadison's Pythageorean and carpenter's theorems, the Schur-Horn theorem, and Thompson's theorem, we obtain an extension of Thompsons theorem to compact operators and use these ideas to give a characterization of diagonals of unitary operators. Thompson's mysterious inequality concerning the last terms of the diagonal and singular value sequences plays a central role.

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@article{arxiv.1602.08435,
  title  = {Thompson's theorem for compact operators and diagonals of unitary operators},
  author = {John Jasper and Jireh Loreaux and Gary Weiss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08435},
  year   = {2018}
}

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23 pages