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§IV.A, p. 4 — one qubit: eigenvalues 0, −2g, −g, −g of L_{σ₋} on |0⟩⟨0|, σ_z, σ_x, σ_y

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DissipativePrep.Unique.one_qubit_spectrum

by mikedeng1 · Oct 21, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Consider a single qubit with Hamiltonian 000 and one jump operator σ−=∣0⟩⟨1∣=(0100)\sigma_- = |0\rangle\langle 1| = \begin{pmatrix}0&1\\0&0\end{pmatrix}σ−​=∣0⟩⟨1∣=(00​10​) with rate g>0g>0g>0, so that L(ρ)=g (2σ−ρσ−†−σ−†σ−ρ−ρσ−†σ−)\mathcal L(\rho) = g\,(2\sigma_-\rho\sigma_-^\dagger - \sigma_-^\dagger\sigma_-\rho - \rho\sigma_-^\dagger\sigma_-)L(ρ)=g(2σ−​ρσ−†​−σ−†​σ−​ρ−ρσ−†​σ−​). Then

L(∣0⟩⟨0∣)=0,L(σz)=−2g σz,L(σx)=−g σx,L(σy)=−g σy,\mathcal L(|0\rangle\langle0|) = 0,\qquad \mathcal L(\sigma_z) = -2g\,\sigma_z,\qquad \mathcal L(\sigma_x) = -g\,\sigma_x,\qquad \mathcal L(\sigma_y) = -g\,\sigma_y,L(∣0⟩⟨0∣)=0,L(σz​)=−2gσz​,L(σx​)=−gσx​,L(σy​)=−gσy​,

where σz=(100−1)\sigma_z = \begin{pmatrix}1&0\\0&-1\end{pmatrix}σz​=(10​0−1​), σx=(0110)\sigma_x = \begin{pmatrix}0&1\\1&0\end{pmatrix}σx​=(01​10​), σy=(0−ii0)\sigma_y = \begin{pmatrix}0&-i\\i&0\end{pmatrix}σy​=(0i​−i0​) (basis order ∣0⟩,∣1⟩|0\rangle,|1\rangle∣0⟩,∣1⟩).

These four eigenvectors form a basis of the 2×22\times22×2 matrices, so they give the full spectrum λ0=0\lambda_0 = 0λ0​=0, λ3=−2g\lambda_3 = -2gλ3​=−2g, λ1=λ2=−g\lambda_1 = \lambda_2 = -gλ1​=λ2​=−g of the single-qubit Liouvillian; the nnn-qubit spectrum is built from them.

Formalization Note The page says "L(σi)=λiσi\mathcal L(\sigma_i) = \lambda_i\sigma_iL(σi​)=λi​σi​ iff σi∈Σk\sigma_i\in\Sigma_kσi​∈Σk​"; read literally the "iff" is false (e.g. 2σz2\sigma_z2σz​ is an eigenvector outside Σk\Sigma_kΣk​), so the four eigen-equations are stated.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_DissipativePrep_Unique_Model

open scoped Matrix ComplexConjugate
open QAlgorithms QAlgorithms.Papers.Independent.Dependency50.P16
Formal statement
namespace DissipativePrep.Unique

theorem one_qubit_spectrum (g : ℝ) (hg : 0 < g) :
    let G := gkslGenerator (krausData (0 : Matrix (Fin 2) (Fin 2) ℂ) Matrix.isHermitian_zero
      ![!![0, 1; 0, 0]] ![g])
    G !![1, 0; 0, 0] = 0 ∧
    G !![1, 0; 0, -1] = ((-2 * g : ℝ) : ℂ) • !![1, 0; 0, -1] ∧
    G !![0, 1; 1, 0] = ((-g : ℝ) : ℂ) • !![0, 1; 1, 0] ∧
    G !![0, -Complex.I; Complex.I, 0] = ((-g : ℝ) : ℂ) • !![0, -Complex.I; Complex.I, 0] := by sorry

end DissipativePrep.Unique
Source
Kraus et al., Preparation of entangled states by quantum Markov processes, arXiv:0803.1463v3, p. 4, §IV.A ("We find L_{σ_-^{(k)}}(σ_i^{(k)}) = λ_iσ_i^{(k)} …")
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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 21, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by mikedeng1 · Oct 21, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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