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arXiv:1009.4037

Defect of a Kronecker product of unitary matrices

Wojciech Tadej

Published Sep 21, 2010• 0 citations

Abstract

The generalized defect D(U) of a unitary NxN matrix U with no zero entries is the dimension of the real space of directions, moving into which from U we do not disturb the moduli |U_ij| as well as the Gram matrix U'*U in the first order. Then the defect d(U) is equal to D(U) - (2N-1), that is the generalized defect diminished by the dimension of the manifold {Dr*U*Dc : Dr,Dc unitary diagonal}. Calculation of d(U) involves calculating the dimension of the space in R^(N^2) spanned by a certain set of vectors associated with U. We split this space into a direct sum, assuming that U is a Kronecker product of unitary matrices, thus making it easier to perform calculations numerically. Basing on this, we give a lower bound on D(U) (equivalently d(U)), supposing it is achieved for most unitaries with a fixed Kronecker product structure. Also supermultiplicativity of D(U) with respect to Kronecker subproducts of U is shown.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1009.4037

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