Monotonicity of the function FpF_p under orthogonalization

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Let UNNU_N^N be the space of orthogonal matrix models, let KNK_N be the subspace of magic matrices, and let Ψ\Psi be the orthogonalization map. For each fixed integer p≥2p\geq2, define

Fp(x)=1Np∥Tpxξ⊓⊓…⊓∥2.F_p(x)=\frac{1}{N^p}\left\|T_p^x\xi_{\sqcap\hskip-0.5mm\sqcap\ldots\sqcap}\right\|^2.

FpF_p-monotonicity conjecture. For every x∈UNNx\in U_N^N and every p≥2p\geq2,

Fp(x)≥Fp(Ψ2(x)),F_p(x)\geq F_p(\Psi^2(x)),

with equality if and only if x∈KNx\in K_N, in which case Fp(x)=1F_p(x)=1. The source reports computer evidence for this statement and notes that compactness would make it imply convergence of the Sinkhorn-type algorithm.

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Teodor Banica and Ion Nechita, “Flat matrix models for quantum permutation groups”, arXiv:1602.04456 (2016).

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