Conjecture on continuity of the Clifford linear gap function

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Let A=(A1,…,Ad)\bm{A}=(A_1,\ldots,A_d) be a tuple of Hermitian operators, let BB be a non-Hermitian matrix, and let (λ,ν)∈Rd⊕C(\bm{\lambda},\nu)\in\mathbb{R}^d\oplus\mathbb{C} be a probe site. The Clifford linear gap function is

μˉ(λ,ν)C(A,B)=min⁡∣Re⁡(Spec⁡(L(λ,ν)(A,B)))∣.\bar{\mu}_{(\bm{\lambda},\nu)}^{\mathrm{C}}(\bm{A},B)=\min\left\lvert\operatorname{Re}\left(\operatorname{Spec}\left(L_{(\bm{\lambda},\nu)}(\bm{A},B)\right)\right)\right\rvert.

Continuity conjecture. The Clifford linear gap function is pointwise continuous.

The conjecture concerns the stability of the real-part spectral gap of the non-Hermitian spectral localizer as the probe site and operator data vary. The source gives numerical evidence but no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Jose J. Garcia, “Clifford and quadratic composite operators with applications to non-Hermitian physics”, arXiv:2410.03880 (2025).

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