A note on operator norm inequalities (Q1804027)

A theorem of \textit{C. Foiaş}, \textit{S.-C. Ong} and \textit{P. Rosenthal} gives the following estimate \[ \| f(P)^{-1}Tf(P)\|\leq 12\max\bigl\{\| T\|,\| P^{-1}TP\|\bigr\}, \] where \(T\) is a bounded operator on a Hilbert space and \(P\) is a positive operator with dense range and \(f\) is a continuous, concave, nonnegative, nondecreasing function on the positive semiaxis. [See Integral Eq. Operator Theory 10, 802-811 (1987; Zbl 0644.46053)]. The note under review contains an extension of this result to the case of normal or Dunford scalar operators, for a function which essentially has the previous properties in the radial direction after a circular average operation.