Inequalities for unitarily invariant norms

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Abstract

Let A, B, X be complex matrices with A, B positive semidefinite. It is proved that (2 + t)∥Ar X B2-r + A2-r X Br ∥ ≤ 2∥A2 X + tAXB + X B2∥ for any unitarily invariant norm ∥ · ∥ and real numbers r, t satisfying 1 ≤ 2r ≤ 3, -2 < t ≤ 2. The case r = 1, t = 0 of this result is the well-known arithmetic-geometric mean inequality due to R. Bhatia and C. Davis [SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 14 (1993), pp. 132-136]. Several other unitarily invariant norm inequalities are derived.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)466-470
Number of pages5
JournalSIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Arithmetic-geometric mean inequality
  • Hadamard product
  • Unitarily invariant norm

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