We describe how to obtain bounds on the spectrum of a non-self-adjoint operator by means of what we call its higher order numerical ranges. We prove some of their basic properties and describe explain how to compute them. We finally use them to obtain new spectral insights into the non-selfadjoint Anderson model in one and two space dimensions. keywords: non-self-adjoint operator, spectrum, num...

For a noisy quantum channel, a quantum error correcting code exists if and only if the joint higher rank numerical ranges associated with the error operators of the channel is non-empty. In this paper, geometric properties of the joint higher rank numerical ranges are obtained and their implications to quantum computing are discussed. It is shown that if the dimension of the underlying Hilbert ...