Generalizations of reverse Bebiano-Lemos-Providência inequality (Q1002257)

For positive invertible operators on a complex Hilbert space \(A\) and \(B\), the inequality \[ \|A^{\frac{1+t}{2}}B^{t}A^{\frac{1+t}{2}}\|\leq\|A^{\frac{1}{2}}(A^{\frac{s}{2}}B^{s}A^{\frac{s}{2}})^{\frac{t}{s}}A^{\frac{1}{2}}\| \] for \(s\geq t\geq 0\) was proved in [\textit{N.\,Bebiano, R.\,Lemos} and \textit{J.\,da Providência}, Linear Algebra Appl.\ 401, 159--172 (2005; Zbl 1076.15019)], where \(\|\cdot\|\) means operator norm. As a reverse inequality of the above, \[ \| A^{\frac{1+t}{2}}B^{t}A^{\frac{1+t}{2}}\|\geq \|A^{\frac{1}{2}}(A^{\frac{s}{2}}B^{s}A^{\frac{s}{2}})^{\frac{t}{s}}A^{\frac{1}{2}}\| \] for \(t\geq s\geq 1\) was proved by the first author and R.\,Nakamoto. The authors give a generalization of the second norm inequality, and discuss related inequalities. They use the so-called Furuta-type inequalities with negative powers.