The PSD block-sum Schatten maximization conjecture

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Let Q(i)=[Q(jk)(i)]j,k=12Q^{(i)}=[Q^{(i)}_{(jk)}]_{j,k=1}^2 be arbitrary positive semidefinite 2×22\times2 block matrices, and let qk(i)q^{(i)}_k be arbitrary non-negative numbers. For a matrix AA, write ∥A∥q\lVert A\rVert_q for its Schatten qq-norm. The PSD block-sum Schatten maximization conjecture. Under the constraints

∥Q(kk)(i)∥q=qk(i),\lVert Q^{(i)}_{(kk)}\rVert_q=q^{(i)}_k,

the maximum attainable value of ∥∑iQ(i)∥q\left\lVert\sum_iQ^{(i)}\right\rVert_q is

∥(∑iq1(i)∑iq1(i)q2(i)∑iq1(i)q2(i)∑iq2(i))∥q.\left\lVert \begin{pmatrix} \sum_i q^{(i)}_1 & \sum_i\sqrt{q^{(i)}_1q^{(i)}_2}\\ \sum_i\sqrt{q^{(i)}_1q^{(i)}_2} & \sum_i q^{(i)}_2 \end{pmatrix} \right\rVert_q.

This is presented as an equivalent formulation of the proposed norm-compression inequality in the case p=2qp=2q. The supplied text does not establish its resolution.

References

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Koenraad M. R. Audenaert, “On a Norm Compression Inequality for 2XN Partitioned Block Matrices”, arXiv:math/0702186 (2007).

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