Product numerical range in a space with tensor product structure

Author Puchała Z.; Gawron P.; Miszczak J.; Skowronek Ł.; Choi M.; Życzkowski K.
Title Product numerical range in a space with tensor product structure
Journal Linear Algebra Appl.
Year 2011
Status Published
Volume 434
Pages 327–342
Abstract We study operators acting on a tensor product Hilbert space and investigate their product numerical range, product numerical radius and separable numerical range. Concrete bounds for the product numerical range for Hermitian operators are derived. Product numerical range of a non-Hermitian operator forms a subset of the standard numerical range containing the barycenter of the spectrum. While the latter set is convex, the product range needs not to be convex nor simply connected. The product numerical range of a tensor product is equal to the Minkowski product of numerical ranges of individual factors.
ISSN 0024-3795