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Zig-zag-matrix algebras and solvable quasi-Hermitian quantum models

Quantum Physics 2023-07-31 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is well known that the unitary evolution of a closed MM-level quantum system can be generated by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian HH with real spectrum. Its Hermiticity can be restored via an amended inner-product metric Θ\Theta. In Hermitian cases the evaluation of the spectrum (i.e., of the bound-state energies) is usually achieved by the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian. In the non-Hermitian (or, more precisely, in the Θ\Theta-quasi-Hermitian) quantum mechanics we conjecture that the role of the diagonalized-matrix solution of the quantum bound-state problem could be transferred to a maximally sparse ``zig-zag-matrix'' representation of the Hamiltonians.

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@article{arxiv.2307.03439,
  title  = {Zig-zag-matrix algebras and solvable quasi-Hermitian quantum models},
  author = {Miloslav Znojil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.03439},
  year   = {2023}
}
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