Around operator monotone functions

Norms (inequalities, more than one norm, etc.) of linear operators (47A30) Linear operator inequalities (47A63) Linear operators belonging to operator ideals (nuclear, (p)-summing, in the Schatten-von Neumann classes, etc.) (47B10)

Abstract: We show that the symmetrized product

A B + B A

of two positive operators

A

and

B

is positive if and only if

f (A + B) l e q f (A) + f (B)

for all non-negative operator monotone functions

f

on

[0, i n f t y)

and deduce an operator inequality. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for that the composition

f c i r c g

of an operator convex function

f

on

[0, i n f t y)

and a non-negative operator monotone function

g

on an interval

(a, b)

is operator monotone and give some applications.

Review text

There has been considerable interest in obtaining sub-additive (super-additive) inequalities for matrix functions analogous to the sub-additive (super-additive) inequality for concave (convex) functions of the reals. If the function \(f:[0,\infty )\rightarrow [0,\infty )\) is operator concave, then the sub-additive inequality \(f(A+B)\leq f(A)+f(B)\) does not hold in general for positive semidefinite \(n\times n\) matrices \(A,B\). In this paper, the authors prove that this sub-additive inequality holds if and only if the symmetrized product \(AB+BA\) is positive semidefinite. The authors also give a necessary and sufficient condition that the composition \(f\circ g\) of an operator convex function \(f\) on \([0,\infty )\) and a non-negative operator monotone function \(g\) on an interval \((a,b)\) is operator monotone. Some applications are also given.

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