A matrix reverse Cauchy-Schwarz inequality (Q959887)

For positive definite matrices \(A_i,B_i\) \((i=1,\dots,m)\) it is known that \[ \sum A_i\sharp B_i\leq \left(\sum A_i\right)\sharp \left(\sum B_i\right), \] where \(A_i\sharp B_i=A^{1/2}(A^{-1/2}BA^{-1/2})^{1/2}A^{1/2}\). The author obtains the following reverse inequality \[ \left(\sum A_i\right)\sharp \left(\sum B_i\right)\leq \frac{1}{2}\left[\left(\frac{p}{q}\right)^{1/4}+\left(\frac{p}{q}\right)^{1/4}\right]\sum A_i\sharp B_i \] for positive definite matrices \(A_i,B_i\) \((i=1,\dots,m)\) with \(pA_i\geq B_i\geq qA_i\) for some \(p,q>0.\) This result is generalized for more general operator monotone functions. Several reverse inequalities are obtained for other known inequalities.