The normalized commutator inequality with optimal constant for matrix monotone functions

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Let AA, BB, and XX be operators in B(H)B({\mathcal H}). Assume that A,B≥0A,B\geq 0 and that XX is compact with finite unitarily invariant norm ∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥⋅∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥\lVert\!\lVert\!\lVert\cdot\rVert\!\rVert\!\rVert. Let ff be a non-negative matrix monotone function on [0,∞)[0,\infty). The normalized commutator inequality. The inequality

∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥f(A)X−Xf(B)∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥≤C∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥X∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥f(∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥AX−XB∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥X∥ ⁣∥ ⁣∥)\lVert\!\lVert\!\lVert f(A)X-Xf(B)\rVert\!\rVert\!\rVert\leq C\lVert\!\lVert\!\lVert X\rVert\!\rVert\!\rVert f\left(\frac{\lVert\!\lVert\!\lVert AX-XB\rVert\!\rVert\!\rVert}{\lVert\!\lVert\!\lVert X\rVert\!\rVert\!\rVert}\right)

holds with C=1C=1. If the unitarily invariant norm is the operator norm, XX need not be compact. This is a normalized form of the preceding commutator conjecture and is presented as a related main focus of the paper; the constant-one claim is not resolved in the supplied context.

References

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David Herrera, “On the commutator modulus of continuity for operator monotone functions”, arXiv:2311.17448 (2023).

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