Miao's majorisation conjecture for concave singular-value functions

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Let X,Y∈Mn,m(C)X,Y\in\mathbb{M}_{n,m}(\mathbb{C}), and let σi(X)\sigma_i(X) denote the singular values in non-increasing order. Let f:R+→R+f:\mathbb{R}_+\to\mathbb{R}_+ be concave with f(0)=0f(0)=0. Miao's conjecture. For every k≤n,mk\leq n,m,

∑i=1k∣f(σi(X))−f(σi(Y))∣≤∑i=1kf(σi(X−Y)).\sum_{i=1}^k\left|f(\sigma_i(X))-f(\sigma_i(Y))\right|\leq\sum_{i=1}^k f(\sigma_i(X-Y)).

This strengthens the one-sided majorisation inequality stated immediately before it; the source attributes the conjecture to W. Miao and gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

K. M. R. Audenaert and F. Kittaneh, “Problems and Conjectures in Matrix and Operator Inequalities”, arXiv:1201.5232 (2012).

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