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The star-shapedness of a generalized numerical range

Functional Analysis 2016-08-23 v1

Abstract

Let Hn\mathcal{H}_n be the set of all n×nn\times n Hermitian matrices and Hnm\mathcal{H}^m_n be the set of all mm-tuples of n×nn\times n Hermitian matrices. For A=(A1,...,Am)HnmA=(A_1,...,A_m)\in \mathcal{H}^m_n and for any linear map L:HnmRL:\mathcal{H}^m_n\to\mathbb{R}^\ell, we define the LL-numerical range of AA by WL(A):={L(UA1U,...,UAmU):UCn×n,UU=In}. W_L(A):=\{L(U^*A_1U,...,U^*A_mU): U\in \mathbb{C}^{n\times n}, U^*U=I_n\}. In this paper, we prove that if 3\ell\leq 3, nn\geq \ell and A1,...,AmA_1,...,A_m are simultaneously unitarily diagonalizable, then WL(A)W_L(A) is star-shaped with star center at L(trA1nIn,...,trAmnIn)L\left(\frac{\mathrm{tr} A_1}{n}I_n,...,\frac{\mathrm{tr} A_m}{n}I_n\right).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1608.06094,
  title  = {The star-shapedness of a generalized numerical range},
  author = {Pan-Shun Lau and Tuen-Wai Ng and Nam-Kiu Tsing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06094},
  year   = {2016}
}
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