On vector configurations that can be realized in the cone of positive matrices

Details On vector configurations that can be realized in the cone of positive matrices On vector configurations that can be realized in the cone of positive matrices

2010-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/1004.0686v1

Mathematics

Operator Algebras

8 pages

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Let $v_1$,..., $v_n$ be $n$ vectors in an inner product space. Can we find a natural number $d$ and positive (semidefinite) complex matrices $A_1$,..., $A_n$ of size $d \times d$ such that ${\rm Tr}(A_kA_l)= $ for all $k,l=1,..., n$? For such matrices to exist, one must have $ \geq 0$ for all $k,l=1,..., n$. We prove that if $n<5$ then this trivial necessary condition is also a sufficient one and find an appropriate example showing that from $n=5$ this is not so --- even if we allowed realizations by positive operators in a von Neumann algebra with a faithful normal tracial state. The fact that the first such example occurs at $n=5$ is similar to what one has in the well-investigated problem of positive factorization of positive (semidefinite) matrices. If the matrix $()$ has a positive factorization, then matrices $A_1$,..., $A_n$ as above exist. However, as we show by a large class of examples constructed with the help of the Clifford algebra, the converse implication is false.

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