Inequalities of Reid type and Furuta (Q4523210)

This article deals with bounded operators on a complex Hilbert space \(H\). Reid's inequality says that if \(S\geq 0\) and \(SK\) is Hermitian, then \(|(SKx,x)|\leq \|K\|(Sx, x)\), \(\forall x\in H\) [cf. \textit{W. T. Reid}, Duke Math. J. 18, 41-56 (1951; Zbl 0042.36002)]. The author extends this inequality to a form equivalent to Furuta's inequality [which, on its part, is an extension of the Löwner-Heinz inequality -- see \textit{T. Furuta}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 101, No. 1, 85-88 (1987; Zbl 0721.47023)]. Various other equivalent inequalities are provided. \textit{P. R. Halmos} sharpened Reid's original inequality replacing \(\|K\|\) by the spectral radius of \(K\) [``Hilbert space problem book'', Princeton (1967; Zbl 0144.38704), p. 51]. In a recent paper [C. R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci., Soc. R. Can. 20, No. 2, 62-64 (1998; Zbl 0918.47012)], the present author extended also this result of Halmos.