Primitive Spectral Coordinates for Positive Definite Density Matrices
We specialize Zimmerman's primitive-sequence formalism for probability measures on compact intervals to the empirical spectral distributions of finite-dimensional density matrices. Exploiting finite support and the unit-trace constraint, we prove that the first N-1 primitive coordinates uniquely determine the spectrum of an N×N positive definite density matrix, and therefore all polynomial spectral invariants. Restricted to the regular stratum of simple spectrum, these quantities define a smooth local coordinate system on the regular spectral quotient. The resulting framework provides an alternative smooth coordinate realization of mixed-state spectral geometry through repeated antidifferentiation of cumulative spectral distributions, establishing a bridge between Lie--Poisson geometry and iterative integration.
Authors
- Anuar Yazid Salazar Sanjuan
Institutions
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20348375
- Primary Topic
- Random Matrices and Applications
- Type
- preprint