Some inequalities for commutators and an application to spectral variation (Q1174745)

Let \(A,B\) be two Hermitian or two unitary operators on a complex Hilbert space and let \(\Gamma\geq\gamma I\) (\(\gamma>0\)) be a positive operator. The authors prove that for every unitarily invariant norm one has \(||| A\Gamma-\Gamma B|||>\gamma||| A- B|||\). It is known that when \(|||\cdot|||=\|\cdot\|_ 2\), the Hilbert- Schmidt norm, this inequality remains true for any two normal operators \(A,B\). The authors conjecture that the inequality is true in general for normal \(A,B\). They also provide interesting corollaries, remarks and examples.