Weak majorization inequalities for the cubic and quartic coefficients of $e^{(A+B)t}$ versus $e^{At}e^{Bt}$
Functional Analysis
2026-01-13 v1
Abstract
Let and set . For each integer define Then and . We prove that, for Equivalently, the eigenvalues of the cubic and quartic Taylor coefficients of are weakly majorized by the singular values of the corresponding coefficients of the Golden--Thompson product . Our argument combines Ky Fan variational principles with explicit commutator identitiesfor at orders , reducing the problem to the positivity of certain double-commutator trace forms tested against Ky Fan maximizing projections. We also record a general sufficient condition for higher orders based on commutator decompositions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.07286,
title = {Weak majorization inequalities for the cubic and quartic coefficients of $e^{(A+B)t}$ versus $e^{At}e^{Bt}$},
author = {Teng Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.07286},
year = {2026}
}
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