On the lower bounds for the norms of Cauchy-Toeplitz and Cauchy-Hankel matrices (Q2378779)

Let \(g\) and \(h\) be real numbers such that \(h\neq 0\) and \(g/h\) is not an integer. The Cauchy-Toeplitz matrix~\(T_n=(t_{ij})\) and the Cauchy-Hankel matrix~\(H_n=(h_{ij})\) of order~\(n\) are defined by \(t_{ij}=[g+(i-j)h]^{-1}\) and \(h_{ij}=[{g+(i+j)h}]^{-1}\), respectively. Let \(\|.\|_E\) and \(\|.\|_2\) denote the Euclidean (or Frobenius) norm and, respectively, the spectral norm (or the largest singular value) of a square matrix. Let~\(\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_n\) be real numbers satisfying \(\alpha_1^2+\cdots +\alpha_n^2=n\). As a rather straightforward application of \(\psi(x+n)-\psi(x)=\sum_{r=0}^{n-1}(x+r)^{-1}\) where \(\psi\) is the digamma function (i.e., the logarithmic derivative of Euler's gamma function), the author proves that \[ \|T_n\|_E\geq\frac{1}{|h|}\Big[n\Big(\sum_{j=1}^n \frac{\alpha_j^2}{\psi'(g/h-(j-1))- \psi'(g/h-(j-1)+n)}\Big)^{-1}\Big]^\frac{1}{2} \] and \[ \|H_n\|_E\geq\frac{1}{|h|}\Big[n\Big(\sum_{j=1}^n \frac{\alpha_j^2}{\psi'(g/h+(j+1))- \psi'(g/h+(j+1)+n)}\Big)^{-1}\Big]^\frac{1}{2}. \] Hence, using \(\|.\|_2\geq\|.\|_E/\sqrt{n}\), lower bounds for~\(\|T_n\|_2\) and \(\|H_n\|_2\) are also obtained.