Trace functions as Laplace transforms
Abstract
We study trace functions on the form t→Trf(A+tB) where f is a real function defined on the positive half-line, and A and B are matrices such that A is positive definite and B is positive semidefinite. If f is non-negative and operator monotone decreasing, then such a trace function can be written as the Laplace transform of a positive measure. The question is related to the Bessis-Moussa-Villani conjecture.
- Publication:
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Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Pub Date:
- April 2006
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:math/0507018
- Bibcode:
- 2006JMP....47d3504H
- Keywords:
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- 05.70.-a;
- 02.30.Uu;
- 02.10.Yn;
- Thermodynamics;
- Integral transforms;
- Matrix theory;
- Operator Algebras;
- Mathematical Physics
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