Boom and bust cycles due to pseudospectra of matrices with unimodular spectra

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Hauptverfasser: Bhat, Junaid Majeed, Bensa, Jaš, Žnidarič, Marko
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author Bhat, Junaid Majeed
Bensa, Jaš
Žnidarič, Marko
author_facet Bhat, Junaid Majeed
Bensa, Jaš
Žnidarič, Marko
contents We discuss dynamics obtained by increasing powers of non-normal matrices that are roots of the identity, and therefore have all eigenvalues on the unit circle. Naively, one would expect that the expectation value of such powers cannot grow as one increases the power. We demonstrate that, rather counterintuitively, a completely opposite behavior is possible. In the limit of infinitely large matrices one can have an exponential growth. For finite matrices this exponential growth is a part of repeating cycles of exponential growths followed by exponential decays. The effect can occur if the spectrum is different than the pseudospectrum, with the exponential growth rate being given by the pseudospectrum. We show that this effect appears in a class of transfer matrices appearing in studies of two-dimensional non-interacting systems, for a matrix describing the Ehrenfest urn, as well as in previously observed purity dynamics in a staircase random circuit.
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spellingShingle Boom and bust cycles due to pseudospectra of matrices with unimodular spectra
Bhat, Junaid Majeed
Bensa, Jaš
Žnidarič, Marko
Mathematical Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
We discuss dynamics obtained by increasing powers of non-normal matrices that are roots of the identity, and therefore have all eigenvalues on the unit circle. Naively, one would expect that the expectation value of such powers cannot grow as one increases the power. We demonstrate that, rather counterintuitively, a completely opposite behavior is possible. In the limit of infinitely large matrices one can have an exponential growth. For finite matrices this exponential growth is a part of repeating cycles of exponential growths followed by exponential decays. The effect can occur if the spectrum is different than the pseudospectrum, with the exponential growth rate being given by the pseudospectrum. We show that this effect appears in a class of transfer matrices appearing in studies of two-dimensional non-interacting systems, for a matrix describing the Ehrenfest urn, as well as in previously observed purity dynamics in a staircase random circuit.
title Boom and bust cycles due to pseudospectra of matrices with unimodular spectra
topic Mathematical Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19201