Exact asymptotic volume and volume ratio of Schatten unit balls (Q783726)

\(B_{p}^{n}\) denotes the unit ball of the \(n^{2}\)-dimensional Schatten class, i.e., all linear operators on \(\ell_{2}^{n}\) such that the sum of the \(p\)-th powers of their singular numbers is less than or equal to 1. \textit{J.\,Saint-Raymond} [Stud. Math. 80, 63--75 (1984; Zbl 0507.51015)] proved that the limits \[ \lim_{n\to\infty} n^{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{p}}\left(\operatorname{vol}_{n^{2}}(B_{p}^{n})\right)^{\frac{1}{n^{2}}} \] exist. The authors give a precise asymptotic estimate.