The high road to an exponential formula. (Q1426292)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2056677
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The high road to an exponential formula.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2056677

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    The high road to an exponential formula. (English)
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    14 March 2004
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    The author proves a conjectured exponential formula. He shows that for Hermitian matrices \(H\) and \(K\), there exist unitary matrices \(U\) and \(V\) such that \(e^{H/2} e^K e^{H/2}= e^{UHU^*+ VKV^*}\). Applications of this exponential formula are also given.
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    high road to exponential formula
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    Hermitian matrix
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    functional calculus
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    unitary matrices
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