Quadratic forms in unitary operators

Quadratic and bilinear forms, inner products (15A63) Norms (inequalities, more than one norm, etc.) of linear operators (47A30) Linear operator inequalities (47A63)

Abstract: Let

u_{1}, l d o t s, u_{n}

be unitary operators on a Hilbert space

H

. We study the norm

left|sum^{i=n}_{i=1} u_i otimes �ar u_i ight|leqno (1)

of the operator

acting on the Hilbertian tensor product

H o t i m e s_{2} o v e r l i n e H

. The main result of this note is Theorem 1. For any

n

-tuple

u_{1}, l d o t s, u_{n}

of unitary operators in

B (H)

, we have

2sqrt{n-1} le left|sum^n_1 u_i otimes �ar u_i ight|.leqno (6)

In other words, the right side of (6) is minimal exactly when

u_{i} = l a m b d a (g_{i})

.

Review text

Let \(u_1, \dots, u_n\) be unitary operators on a Hilbert space \(H\). Then the operator \(\sum u_i\otimes\bar u_i\) acts on the Hilbertian tensor product \(H\otimes_2\bar H\), where \(\bar H\) is the complex conjugate of \(H\). Let \(B(H)\) denote the space of bounded operators on \(H\) equipped with the usual norm. The author shows: For any \(n\)-tuple \(u_1, \dots ,u_n\) of unitary operators on \(B(H)\) we have the sharp inequality \(|\sum_{k=1}^nu_k\otimes\bar u_k|\geq 2\sqrt {n-1}\). As an application he proves an inequality for the quasiregular representation of \(U(N)\).

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