Norm inequalities in operator ideals

In this paper we introduce a new technique for proving norm inequalities in operator ideals with a unitarily invariant norm. Among the well-known inequalities which can be proved with this technique are the Löwner-Heinz inequality, inequalities relating various operator means and the Corach-Porta-Recht inequality. We prove two general inequalities and from them we derive several inequalities by specialization, many of them new. We also show how some inequalities, known to be valid for matrices or bounded operators, can be extended with this technique to normed ideals in C^∗-algebras, in particular to the noncommutative Lp-spaces of a semi-finite von Neumann algebra.     

Norm inequalities for matrix geometric means of positive definite matrices

We obtain eigenvalue inequalities for matrix geometric means of positive definite matrices. This implies matrix norm inequalities for unitarily invariant norms, which are considered as complementary to a series of norm inequalities among geometric means. We give complements of the Ando–Hiai type inequality for the Karcher mean by means of the generalized Kantorovich constant. Finally, we consider the monotonicity of the eigenvalue function for the Karcher mean.     

Improved Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices

We give refinements of the classical Young inequality for positive real numbers and we use these refinements to establish improved Young and Heinz inequalities for matrices.     

Numerical radius inequalities for operator matrices

We prove a numerical radius inequality for operator matrices, which improves an earlier inequality due to Hou and Du. As an application of this numerical radius inequality, we derive a new bound for the zeros of polynomials.     

Norm inequalities for commutators of positive operators and applications

Let X, Y, and Z be operators on a Hilbert space such that X and Z are positive. It is shown that

Non-commutative operator Bohr inequality

It is shown that if A, B, X are Hilbert space operators such that X?γI, for the positive real number γ, and p,q>1 with 1/p+1/q=1, then |A−B|²?p|A|²+q|B|² with equality if and only if (1−p)A=B and γ||||A−B|²|||?|||p|A|²X+qX|B|²||| for every unitarily invariant norm. Moreover, if in addition A, B are normal and X is any Hilbert-Schmidt operator, then ‖δ_A,B²(X)‖₂?‖p|A|²X+qX|B|²‖₂ with equality if and only if (1−p)AX=XB.     

Norm Inequalities for Commutators of Self-adjoint Operators

Let A, B, and X be bounded linear operators on a complex separable Hilbert space. It is shown that if A and B are self-adjoint with and for some real numbers a ₁, a ₂, b ₁, and b ₂, then for every unitarily invariant norm|||·|||,

复半正定矩阵的奇异值不等式

用Mn表示所有复矩阵组成的集合.对于A∈Mn,σ(A)=(σ1(A),…,σn(A)),其中σ1(A)≥…≥σn(A)是矩阵A的奇异值.本文给出证明:对于任意实数α,A,B∈Mn为半正定矩阵,优化不等式σ(A-|α|B) wlogσ(A+αB)成立,改进和推广了文[5]的结果.     

New sharp inequalities for operator means

New sharp multiplicative reverses of the operator means inequalities are presented, with a simple discussion of squaring an operator inequality. As a direct consequence, we extend the operator Pólya-Szegö inequality to arbitrary operator means. Furthermore, we obtain some new lower and upper bounds for the Tsallis relative operator entropy, operator monotone functions and positive linear maps.     

Generalized Bebiano-Lemos-Providência inequalities and their reverses

We improve Bebiano-Lemos-Providência inequality: For A,B?0

     

Opial type inequalities for cosine and sine operator functions

Various L _p form Opial type inequalities are given for cosine and sine operator functions with applications.     

Some inequalities for commutators and an application to spectral variation. II

Inequalities that compare unitarily invariant norms of A - B and those of AΓ - ΓB and Γ^-1A - B Γ^-1 are obtained, where both A and B are either Hermitian or unitary or normal operators and Γ is a positive definite operator in a complex separable Hilbert space. These inequalities are then applied to derive bounds for spectral variation of diagonalisable matrices. Our new bounds improve substantially previously published bounds.     

Some rank equalities and inequalities for Kronecker products of matrices

A set of rank equalities and inequalities are established for block matrices consisting of Kronecker products. Various consequences are also given.     

Dynamic system methods for solving mixed linear matrix inequalities and linear vector inequalities and equalities

A novel idea is proposed for solving a system of mixed linear matrix inequalities and linear vector inequalities and equalities. First, the problem is converted into an unconstrained minimization problem with a continuously differentiable convex objective function. Then, a continuous-time dynamic system and a discrete-time dynamic system are proposed for solving it. Under some mild conditions, the proposed dynamic systems are shown to be globally convergent to a solution of the problem. The merits of the methods refer to their simple numerical implementations and capability for handling nonstrict LMIs easily. In addition, the methods are promising in neural circuits realization, and therefore have potential applications in many online control problems. Several numerical examples are presented to illustrate the performance of the methods and substantiate the theoretical results.     

Norm of the Hilbert matrix on Bergman and Hardy spaces and a theorem of Nehari type

The Hilbert matrix induces a bounded operator on most Hardy and Bergman spaces, as was shown by Diamantopoulos and Siskakis. We generalize this for any Hankel operator on Hardy spaces by using a result of Hollenbeck and Verbitsky on the Riesz projection and also compute the exact value of the norm of the Hilbert matrix. Using a new technique, we determine the norm of the Hilbert matrix on a wide range of Bergman spaces.     

The equality cases for the inequalities of Oppenheim and Schur for positive semi-definite matrices

In this paper, necessary and sufficient conditions for equality in the inequalities of Oppenheim and Schur for positive semidefinite matrices are investigated. Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10531070), National Basic Research Program of China 973 Program (No. 2006CB805900), National Research Program of China 863 Program (No. 2006AA11Z209) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 06ZR14049).