On a multi-dimesional generalization of the notion of orthostochastic and unistochastic matrices

Abstract

We introduce the notions of $d$-orthostochastic, $d$-unistochastic, and $d$-qustochastic matrices. These are the particular cases of $F^d$-bistochastic matrices where $F$ is real or complex numbers or quaternions. The concept is motivated by mathematical physics. When $d=1$, we recover the orthostochastic, unistochastic, and qustochastic matrices respectively. This work exposes the basic properties of $F^d$-bistochastic matrices.