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Acta Polytechnica

ON THE REAL MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF PT-SYMMETRIC OPERATORS

Francisco Marcelo Fernández

Published Apr 30, 2014• 3 citations
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Abstract

We discuss the construction of real matrix representations of PT-symmetric operators. We show the limitation of a general recipe presented some time ago for non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with antiunitary symmetry and propose a way to overcome it. Our results agree with earlier ones for a particular case.
DOI
10.14311/ap.2014.54.0113

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