Expanding orthogonal similarity variant conjecture

Let X1X_1 be an initial matrix, let Z1Z_1 be its eigenvector matrix, and for each subsequent step let ZiZ_i be the eigenvector matrix of Yi1Y_{i-1}. Let QiQ_i be a random orthogonal or unitary matrix, and define

Yi=QiZiQi.Y_i=Q_iZ_iQ_i^\dagger.

Expanding orthogonal similarity variant conjecture. For almost all matrices of dimension at most 77, repeatedly applying this eigenvector construction and random orthogonal or unitary similarity transformation gives

YiYiIY_i^\dagger Y_i\to I

as ii tends to infinity. This is a variant of the expanding eigenbasis claim involving random similarity transformations; the paper presents it as a conjecture supported by numerical evidence, with no resolution supplied.

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M Hariprasad, “Recursive eigen extrusion: Expanding eigenbasis conjecture”, arXiv:1907.12039 (2019).

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