aMathematics and Statistics Group, Middlesex University, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, England, United Kingdom
Abstract:
We extend to the von Neumann–Schatten classes Cp and norms ·p, where 2 p < ∞, Penrose’s result on minimizing AXB − C2. We give an example to show that this extension does not hold for 1 p < 2. The proof of the global inequality depends on local considerations.