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Jensen's Inequality and majorization

Functional Analysis 2007-05-23 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

Let A\mathcal{A} be a CC^*-algebra and ϕ:\cAL(H)\phi:\cA\to L(H) be a positive unital map. Then, for a convex function f:IRf:I\to \mathbb{R} defined on some open interval and a self-adjoint element aAa\in \mathcal{A} whose spectrum lies in II, we obtain a Jensen's-type inequality f(ϕ(a))ϕ(f(a))f(\phi(a)) \leq \phi(f(a)) where \le denotes an operator preorder (usual order, spectral preorder, majorization) and depends on the class of convex functions considered i.e., operator convex, monotone convex and arbitrary convex functions. Some extensions of Jensen's-type inequalities to the multi-variable case are considered.

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@article{arxiv.math/0411442,
  title  = {Jensen's Inequality and majorization},
  author = {Jorge Antezana and Pedro Massey and Demetrio Stojanoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411442},
  year   = {2007}
}