Miao's majorisation conjecture for concave singular-value functions

Let X,YMn,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 kn,mk\leq n,m,

i=1kf(σi(X))f(σi(Y))i=1kf(σi(XY)).\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.

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

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