At the only algebraic normal value , the generator is a skew-Hermitian matrix, so its matrix exponential is a unitary matrix. Both eigenvalues have zero real part; hence
There is no distinguished initial amplitude ratio and no perturbation-energy growth. The relations select the individual orthogonal eigenmodes, but arbitrary nonzero combinations are equally optimal because all singular values are one. If is restricted to its physical positive domain, this part has no applicable normal case at all. This resolves the inconsistency in the original printed parameters rather than assuming an unjustified optimal direction.
Arrange the interior values into a vector . Represent the five-point Dirichlet Laplacian as a Kronecker sum , where is the tridiagonal matrix with diagonal and adjacent entries one. This Kronecker sum is real symmetric; the real sampled potential has a real diagonal matrix . Thus
The generator is a skew-Hermitian matrix. Consequently
The matrix exponential is a unitary matrix, either by differentiating its product with its adjoint or by unitary diagonalization of a normal matrix. For the two-dimensional discrete L2 norm , this gives
Applying the same equation to a difference proves stability of a numerical method with a mesh-independent constant one. This is norm conservation of a semidiscrete Schrödinger equation. It concerns continuous time after spatial discretization; an arbitrary subsequent time integrator need not preserve this stability.
The printed coordinates do not discretize the stated square. For with interior points in each direction, use , , , and sample there. The printed and unshifted coordinates instead describe a grid on . The matrix proof is valid for either geometry with its corresponding boundary values, so this transcription-independent statement flaw does not alter the stability conclusion.
Use the Minkowski metric and define the electromagnetic field tensor by
As a rank-two Lorentz tensor, it transforms under a Lorentz transformation as
Two independent quadratic electromagnetic field invariants are
With , , and , the components are
Direct contraction gives
where the sign of changes if the opposite spacetime orientation is chosen. Since both are complete tensor contractions, and are Lorentz scalars.
For a constant uniform field, the relativistic Lorentz force is a constant-coefficient linear ordinary differential equation. Its solution is the matrix exponential
Now implies that the field is a null electromagnetic field:
The stated axes allow us to choose
Put . On the coordinates, the mixed tensor divided by is
The particle starts with four-velocity , so the exponential terminates after its quadratic term and gives
Integrating with the particle initially at the origin gives the relativistic trajectory in a constant null crossed field
Eliminating yields
If the original positive direction is opposite to , both the sign of and the displayed signed coefficient reverse.
Let
Since and , separating the even and odd terms of the matrix exponential gives
and
A Lie group is a group and smooth manifold whose multiplication and inversion are smooth. A Lie algebra is a vector space with a bilinear alternating bracket satisfying the Jacobi identity. For a Matrix Lie group , a logarithmic chart of a matrix Lie group near sends to ; the matrix exponential is its local inverse, and the Baker--Campbell--Hausdorff formula makes the local group operations smooth.
For , consider the group commutator
Its logarithm takes values in the vector space , and expansion at gives
Thus is closed under the commutator. Bilinearity, alternation, and the Jacobi identity follow from matrix multiplication, so this proves that the Lie algebra of a matrix Lie group has
A principal bundle with structure group is a smooth fiber bundle with a free right -action, each fiber a single orbit, and equivariant local trivializations .
For the right action of the unitary group on , define
The matrix is a positive-definite matrix and a Hermitian matrix, and for . The polar decomposition of an invertible complex matrix gives the unique factorization
Consequently
is a diffeomorphism. If is a neighborhood of zero and , then is an open neighborhood of , it is a union of complete orbits, and
Moreover, two matrices have the same value of exactly when they differ by right multiplication by a unitary matrix. Thus induces the smooth identification
under which is projection . This is the general linear group modulo the unitary group, and is in fact a globally trivial principal -bundle.
A Lie group is a group that is also a smooth manifold, with differentiable multiplication and inversion. A Lie algebra is a vector space with a bilinear alternating Lie bracket satisfying the Jacobi identity.
For a Matrix Lie group , put . If , the matrix commutator again lies in : the group commutator lies in , and the coefficient of in its matrix logarithm is . Bilinearity and antisymmetry are immediate, while associativity of matrix multiplication gives the Jacobi identity. Thus , with the commutator bracket, is the Lie algebra of a matrix Lie group .
The special linear group is the inverse image of the regular value under the smooth determinant map, and multiplication and inversion are smooth. Differentiating shows that
The Cayley-Hamilton theorem applied to a trace-zero two-by-two matrix gives
The exponential map of a matrix Lie group is the matrix exponential
Since , its image lies in . Put . The identity sums the series explicitly. If , with ,
If , the trace is , while if , with ,
Hence
But has trace . It is therefore outside the image, so the exponential map is not surjective.
The variables are complex inclinations, despite the question's description as eccentricities. Diagonalize the Laplace-Lagrange inclination matrix: let real eigenvectors satisfy , and form . The physical matrix is diagonalizable by positive diagonal symmetrization of a matrix, as shown below.
The matrix exponential solution is
Write with , and define . This gives
The eigenvalues determine nodal precession frequencies, the eigenvectors determine relative inclinations within each secular eigenmode, and the initial complex inclinations determine their amplitudes and phases. The real can have either sign, encoding opposite nodal phases. The zero-frequency mode is a common fixed tilt.
For distinct eigenvalues, the formula holds for . If the lower-left entry of is , multiplication by gives . This proves by mathematical induction that
Summing the absolutely convergent matrix exponential series gives
For the repeated eigenvalue , the continuous limit is . This is also the exponential of a two-dimensional Jordan block.
Termwise differentiation of the matrix exponential gives and . Thus satisfies and the prescribed initial condition. Uniqueness for a linear differential equation makes it the solution.
Termwise differentiation of the matrix exponential gives
Thus satisfies and . If two solutions existed, multiplying their difference by would give a vector with zero derivative and zero initial value, proving uniqueness.
For the inhomogeneous equation, multiply by the integrating factor :
Integration and multiplication by give the variation-of-constants formula
For the stated matrix,
so
Writing with , one finds
Therefore
or explicitly
For , . The matrix exponential therefore gives
Write the local Hamiltonian as . Since its terms commute, their matrix exponentials factor exactly:
Each factor acts on at most two qubits and can be compiled over a fixed universal quantum gate set to operator norm error at most . The telescoping bound for products of operators then bounds the total error by the sum of the factor errors, at most . Because is polynomial in and the Solovay--Kitaev theorem gives gate count polynomial in for each fixed-dimensional factor, this is an efficient commuting local Hamiltonian simulation. Finally, the eigenvalue equation implies
so remains an eigenstate and its eigenvalue is .
Near , take to be the continuous local matrix logarithm with . The symmetry identity gives , and uniqueness of this logarithm yields
Thus is an odd function. The local-logarithm qualification is necessary because the matrix exponential is not globally injective; the statement is naturally understood either near or as an identity of formal power series.
For the Strang splitting
reversing reverses all three factors, so
It is therefore a time-symmetric numerical method. Multiplication of the three exponential series shows agreement with through degree two. Equivalently, the Baker--Campbell--Hausdorff formula gives an odd modified generator
for a matrix made from nested commutators. Exponentiating gives
for a matrix depending on and .
Direct multiplication gives , hence for ,
Therefore the matrix exponential is
which expands to exactly the transition matrix found in part (i).
If belongs to the Special orthogonal Lie algebra, which is also the Lie algebra of , then near . Differentiating
at zero gives . Conversely, the matrix exponential of every real skew-symmetric matrix is orthogonal. Hence
The first component obeys , so . Variation of constants in
then gives
Hence the matrix exponential is
The hypotheses imply and , so . Conditional on the negative result at month 1, the likelihood is the probability of remaining in at month 2 and moving to by month 3. The supplied matrix exponential gives
The Markov property therefore gives
Diagonalize the real Laplace-Lagrange secular matrix . Its eigenvalues are
and choose corresponding real eigenvectors . If , the initial complex eccentricity vector determines complex mode coefficients
The matrix exponential solution is
Thus
where a negative eigenvector component may equivalently be made positive by adding to its phase. The are secular precession frequencies, each eigenvector fixes the planets' eccentricity ratio and relative apsidal orientation, and fixes the phase selected by the initial conditions.
Skew-Hermitian matrix Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
A complex matrix is skew-Hermitian when . Its matrix exponential is unitary for every real .