Nearly orthogonal vectors and small antipodal spherical codes
Nearly orthogonal vectors and small antipodal spherical codes
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近正交向量和小对映球码
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2018
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通讯作者:
Christopher Cox
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作者:
B. Bukh;Christopher Cox
How can d + k vectors in ℝ d be arranged so that they are as close to orthogonal as possible? In particular, define θ ( d , k ) := min X max x ≠ y ∈ X |〈 x , y 〉 | where the minimum is taken over all collections of d + k unit vectors X ⊆ ℝ d . In this paper, we focus on the case here k is fixed and d → ∞. In establishing bounds on θ ( d , k ), we find an intimate connection to the existence of systems of $$\left(\begin{array}{c}k+1\\ 2\end{array}\right)$$ ( k + 1 2 ) equiangular lines in ℝ k . Using this connection, we are able to pin down θ ( d , k ) whenever k ∈ {1, 2, 3, 7, 23} and establish asymptotics for general k . The main tool is an upper bound on $$\mathbb{E}_{x,y\sim\mu}|\langle{x,y}\rangle|$$ E x , y ~ µ | ⟨ x , y ⟩ | whenever μ is an isotropic probability mass on ℝ k , which may be of independent interest. Our results translate naturally to the analogous question in ℂ d . In this case, the question relates to the existence of systems of k 2 equiangular lines in ℂ k , also known as SIC-POVM in physics literature.