Reductive symmetry conjecture for recursively composed quasi-means

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Let G2(A,B)=A#⁡BG_2(A,B)=A\operatorname{\#} B be the two-variable geometric mean, and let a quasi-mean be obtained by recursively composing copies of G2G_2. A symmetry of such a quasi-mean is an invariance under a permutation of its matrix arguments.

Reductive symmetry conjecture. All the symmetries of a quasi-mean obtained by recursive composition from G2G_2 are reductive symmetries, meaning that each can be formally proved using only the reductive symmetries of the constituent copies of G2G_2.

This conjecture concerns which permutation symmetries can arise from recursive constructions of matrix geometric means. The source provides no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Federico Poloni, “Constructing matrix geometric means”, arXiv:0906.3132 (2010).

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