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In this work we show how to approach the problem of manimulating the numerical range of a unitary matrix. This task has far-reaching impact on the study of discrimination of quantum measurements. We achieve the aforementioned manipulation…

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Quantum state discrimination is a fundamental task that is meaningful in quantum information theory. In this manuscript, we consider a revised unambiguous discrimination of quantum resources. First, we present an upper bound of the success…

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We completely characterize the Crawford number attainment set and the numerical radius attainment set of a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space. We study the intersection properties of the corresponding attainment sets of numerical…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Debmalya Sain , Arpita Mal , Pintu Bhunia , Kallol Paul

A novel algorithm for the computation of the quadratic numerical range is presented and exemplified yielding much better results in less time compared to the random vector sampling method. Furthermore, a bound on the probability for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-26 Birgit Jacob , Lukas Vorberg , Christian Wyss

We investigate the generalized quadratic operator defined by $$T =\left( \begin{array}{cc} a I_H & A \\ c A^* & bI_K \end{array} \right) ,$$ where $H$ and $K$ are Hilbert spaces, $A:K\to H$ is a bounded linear operator, $I_H$ and $I_K$…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-07 Kangjian Wu , Qingxiang Xu

Metrics and pseudometrics are defined on the group of unitary operators in a Hilbert space. Several explicit formulas are derived. A special feature of the work is investigation of pseudometrics in unitary groups. The rich classes of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-26 Manas K Patra

Optimized, necessary and sufficient conditions for the identification of the Schmidt number will be derived in terms of general Hermitian operators. These conditions apply to arbitrary mixed quantum states. The optimization procedure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-14 J. Sperling , W. Vogel

By means of the technique of integration within an ordered product of operators and Dirac notation, we introduce a new kind of asymmetric integration projection operators in entangled state representations. These asymmetric projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 S. Wang , Z. P. Wang , J. D. Zhang

Motivated by the recent developments of pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, we analyze the structure generated by unbounded metric operators in a Hilbert space. To that effect, we consider the notions of similarity and quasi-similarity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-24 Jean-Pierre Antoine , Camillo Trapani

While a positive operator valued measure gives the probabilities in a quantum measurement, an instrument gives both the probabilities and the a posteriori states. By interpreting the instrument as a quantum channel and by using the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto Barchielli , Giancarlo Lupieri

Bargmann invariants have recently emerged as powerful tools in quantum information theory, with applications ranging from geometric phase characterization to quantum state distinguishability. Despite their widespread use, a complete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Jianwei Xu

We investigate and ascertain the ideal inputs to any finite-time thermodynamic process. We demonstrate that the expectation values of entropy flow, heat, and work can all be determined via Hermitian observables of the initial state. These…

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We define a new quantum Hermitian operator (namely, the energy variance operator) which is simply duplicated from the statistical definition of energy variance in classical physics. Its expectation value yields the standard deviation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-26 Gilbert Reinisch

For a noisy quantum channel, a quantum error correcting code exists if and only if the joint higher rank numerical ranges associated with the error operators of the channel is non-empty. In this paper, geometric properties of the joint…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-12-31 Chi-Kwong Li , Yiu-Tung Poon

A quasi-Hermitian operator is an operator that is similar to its adjoint in some sense, via a metric operator, i.e., a strictly positive self-adjoint operator. Whereas those metric operators are in general assumed to be bounded, we analyze…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-24 Jean-Pierre Antoine , Camillo Trapani

Quantum instruments describe both the classical output and the updated quantum state in a measurement process. To do this in a non-trivial way, instruments must have the capability to interact coherently with the state that they measure.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Chung-Yun Hsieh , Armin Tavakoli , Huan-Yu Ku , Paul Skrzypczyk

Kippenhahn's Theorem asserts that the numerical range of a matrix is the convex hull of a certain algebraic curve. Here, we show that the joint numerical range of finitely many Hermitian matrices is similarly the convex hull of a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Daniel Plaumann , Rainer Sinn , Stephan Weis

The random matrix ensembles (RME) of quantum statistical Hamiltonian operators, {\em e.g.} Gaussian random matrix ensembles (GRME) and Ginibre random matrix ensembles (Ginibre RME), are applied to following quantum statistical systems:…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maciej M. Duras

To find the Hermitian phase operatorof a single-mode electromagnetic field in quantum mechanics, the Schroedinger representation is extended to a larger Hilbert space augmented by states with infinite excitation by nonstandard analysis. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Masanao Ozawa