Interpolation of Operators With Trace Inequalities Related To The Positive Weighted Geometric Mean

arXiv1906.07833MaRDI QIDQ6320719FDOQ6320719

Authors: Victoria M. Chayes 

Publication date: 18 June 2019

Abstract: There are various generalizations of the geometric mean $(a,b)mapsto{a}^{1/2}{b}^{1/2}$ for $a,binmathbb{R}^{+}$ to positive matrices, and we consider the standard positive geometric mean $(X,Y)mapsto{X}^{1/2}(X^{-1/2}Y{X}^{-1/2}{)}^{1/2}{X}^{1/2}$. Much research in recent years has been devoted to relating the weighted version of this mean $$ for $tin[0,1]$ with operators $e^{(1-t)X+tY}$ and $e^{(1-t)X/2}{e}^{tY}{e}^{(1-t)X/2}$ in Golden-Thompson-like inequalities. These inequalities are of interest to mathematical physicists for their relationship to quantum entropy, relative quantum entropy, and R'{e}nyi divergences. However, the weighted mean is well-defined for the full range of $tinmathbbR$. In this paper we examine the value of $$ and variations thereof in comparison to $|||e^{(1-t)H+tK}|||$ and $|||e^{(1-t)H}{e}^{tK}|||$ for any unitarily invariant norm $|||cdot|||$ and in particular the trace norm, creating for the first time the full picture of interpolation of the weighted geometric mean with the Golden-Thompson Inequality. We expand inequalities known for $$ with $r>0$, $tin[0,1]$ to the entire real line, and comment on how the exterior inequalities can be used to provide elegant proofs of the known inequalities for $tin[0,1]$. We also characterize the equality cases for strictly increasing unitarily invariant norms.

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