Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6416191 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2016 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

The Birkhoff's theorem states that any doubly stochastic matrix lies inside a convex polytope with the permutation matrices at the corners. We prove that any unitary matrix with equal line sums can also be written as a sum of permutation matrices (with sum of weights equal 1). Furthermore, when the matrix dimension is prime, we prove that the unitary matrix lies inside a convex complex Birkhoff polytope.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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