On the injective norm and characterization of some subclasses of normal operators by inequalities or equalities (Q2518294)

A linear mapping \(T: B(H) \to B(H)\) of the form \(\mathcal{R}_{A,B}(X)=\sum_{i=1}^nA_iXB_i\), where \(A=(A_1, \dots, A_n), B=(B_1, \dots, B_n)\) are given bounded linear operators acting on the Hilbert space \(H\), is called an elementary operator. In this paper, the author gives some lower estimates for the injective norm \(d(\mathcal{R}_{A,B})=\| \sum_{i=1}^nA_i \otimes B_i\| _\lambda\), where \(A\) and \(B\) are two \(n\)-tuples of commuting operators in \(B(H)\), and characterizes this norm for two \(n\)-tuples of commuting normal operators. He shows that the upper estimate \(\| S \otimes S^{-1} + S^{-1}\otimes S\| _\lambda \leq \| S\| \,\| S^{-1}\| +\frac{1}{\| S\| \,\| S^{-1}\| }\) holds for every invertible normal operator \(S\) in \(B(H)\). Moreover, the inequality becomes an equality when \(S\) is an invertible selfadjoint operator. He also characterizes the set of all invertible normal operators \(S\) in \(B(H)\) satisfying the relation \(\| S \otimes S^{-1} + S^{-1}\otimes S\| _\lambda = \| S\| \,\| S^{-1}\| +\frac{1}{\| S\| \,\| S^{-1}\| }\) and applies his result to give some characterizations of some subclasses of normal operators in \(B(H)\).