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Operator revision of a Ky Fan type inequality

Functional Analysis 2018-03-16 v1

Abstract

Let H\mathscr{H} be a complex Hilbert space and A,BB(H)A,B\in \mathbb{B}(\mathscr{H}) such that 0<A,B12I0<A,B\leq\frac{1}{2}I. Setting A:=IAA':=I-A and B:=IBB':=I-B, we prove AλBA!λBAλBA!λB, A'\nabla_\lambda B'-A'!_\lambda B' \leq A\nabla_\lambda B-A!_\lambda B, where λ\nabla_\lambda and !λ!_\lambda denote the weighted arithmetic and harmonic operator means, respectively. This inequality is the natural extension of a Ky Fan type inequality due to H. Alzer. Some parallel and related results are also obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1803.05635,
  title  = {Operator revision of a Ky Fan type inequality},
  author = {Jamal Rooin and Akram Alikhani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.05635},
  year   = {2018}
}