Estimates for entries of matrix valued functions of infinite matrices (Q1035382)

The problem of obtaining a precise estimate for the norm of a matrix function gave rise to a lot of research and partial results in the literature, beginning with the results of Gelfand and Shilov for regular matrix-valued functions. In this paper, sharp estimates for the absolute values of entries of matrix-valued functions of infinite matrices are derived. Based on the main result settled in the first section, in the third section of the paper two-sided estimates for the entries of matrix-valued functions of an infinite monotone matrix are obtained. Perturbations of entire functions of Hille-Tamarkin matrices are analysed in the fourth section, while in the fifth section comparisons of functions of monotone matrices are made. In the last section, two examples are given as applications of the obtained estimates.