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Let H be a positive semidefinite matrix partitioned into Hermitian blocks. Then, up to a direct sum operation, H is the average of matrices isometrically congruent to its partial trace. A few corollaries are given, related to important…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2012-10-12 Jean-Christophe Bourin , Eun-Young Lee

This paper studies the problem of maximizing the sum of traces of matrix quadratic forms on a product of Stiefel manifolds. This orthogonal trace-sum maximization (OTSM) problem generalizes many interesting problems such as generalized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Joong-Ho Won , Hua Zhou , Kenneth Lange

A univariate trace polynomial is a polynomial in a variable x and formal trace symbols Tr(x^j). Such an expression can be naturally evaluated on matrices, where the trace symbols are evaluated as normalized traces. This paper addresses…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2021-06-03 Igor Klep , James Eldred Pascoe , Jurij Volčič

We develop randomized matrix-free algorithms for estimating partial traces, a generalization of the trace arising in quantum physics and chemistry. Our algorithm improves on the typicality-based approach used in [T. Chen and Y-C. Cheng,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Tyler Chen , Robert Chen , Kevin Li , Skai Nzeuton , Yilu Pan , Yixin Wang

In this paper we study bipartite quantum correlations using techniques from tracial noncommutative polynomial optimization. We construct a hierarchy of semidefinite programming lower bounds on the minimal entanglement dimension of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-10 Sander Gribling , David de Laat , Monique Laurent

Single-shot quantum information theory is governed not only by entropy exponents, but also by the finite-resource constants that multiply them. These constants directly affect the quantitative performance of decoupling, covering,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Gilad Gour

In the past decades, one of the most fruitful approaches to the study of algebraic $K$-theory has been trace methods, which construct and study trace maps from algebraic $K$-theory to topological Hochschild homology and related invariants.…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-19 David Chan , Teena Gerhardt , Inbar Klang

Partial trace is a very important mathematical operation in quantum mechanics. It is not only helpful in studying the subsystems of a composite quantum system but also used in computing a vast majority of quantum entanglement measures.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-28 Pranay Barkataki , M. S. Ramkarthik

Semidefinite relaxations of polynomial optimization have become a central tool for addressing the non-convex optimization problems over non-commutative operators that are ubiquitous in quantum information theory and, more in general,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-22 Younes Naceur , Jie Wang , Victor Magron , Antonio Acín

Bounding the correlations predicted by quantum theory is an important challenge in quantum information science. Today's leading approach is semidefinite programming relaxations, but existing methods still cannot account for many relevant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Nicola D'Alessandro , Carles Roch i Carceller , Armin Tavakoli

An algorithm for solving nonconvex smooth optimization problems is proposed, analyzed, and tested. The algorithm is an extension of the Trust Region Algorithm with Contractions and Expansions (TRACE) [Math. Prog. 162(1):132, 2017]. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Frank E. Curtis , Qi Wang

This work explores an extension of machine learning-optimized piecewise polynomial approximation by incorporating energy optimization as an additional objective. Traditional closed-form solutions enable continuity and approximation targets…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Hannes Waclawek , Stefan Huber

Optimization over trained machine learning models has applications including: verification, minimizing neural acquisition functions, and integrating a trained surrogate into a larger decision-making problem. This paper formulates and solves…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-13 Shiqiang Zhang , Juan S. Campos , Christian Feldmann , David Walz , Frederik Sandfort , Miriam Mathea , Calvin Tsay , Ruth Misener

In this paper, we study the polynomial optimization problem of multi-forms over the intersection of the multi-spheres and the nonnegative orthants. This class of problems is NP-hard in general, and includes the problem of finding the best…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-01 Shenglong Hu , Defeng Sun , Kim-Chuan Toh

In this survey we consider polynomial optimization problems, asking to minimize a polynomial function over a compact semialgebraic set, defined by polynomial inequalities. This models a great variety of (in general, nonlinear nonconvex)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-16 Monique Laurent , Lucas Slot

By applying the new supersymmetric localization principle introduced in \cite{Choi:2021yuz,Choi:2023pjn}, we present two complementary approaches for the path integral derivation of the `non-chiral' trace formula for a semisimple compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-03 Changha Choi , Leon A. Takhtajan

In this paper, we propose an extension of trace ratio based Manifold learning methods to deal with multidimensional data sets. Based on recent progress on the tensor-tensor product, we present a generalization of the trace ratio criterion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Mohammed Bouallala , Franck Dufrenois , khalide jbilou , Ahmed Ratnani

We investigate the extremal values of partial traces of matrix tensors under operator norm constraints. To evaluate these multi-linear quantities, we develop a comprehensive graphical formalism that encodes multi-leg partial traces, partial…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Benoît Collins , Wangjun Yuan

We propose an approach to trajectory optimization for piecewise polynomial systems based on the recently proposed graphs of convex sets framework. We instantiate the framework with a convex relaxation of optimal control based on occupation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Etienne Buehrle , Ömer Şahin Taş , Christoph Stiller

Many uncertainty sets encountered in control systems analysis and design can be expressed in terms of semialgebraic sets, that is as the intersection of sets described by means of polynomial inequalities. Important examples are for instance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Fabrizio Dabbene , Didier Henrion , Constantino Lagoa