A characterization of maximum norms of commutators of positive contractions

作者:Wang Yue Qing; Du Hong Ke*
来源:Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2008, 348(2): 990-995.
DOI:10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.08.026

摘要

In this note, we give a characterization of a pair (A, B) of positive contractions with commutator AB - BA of maximum possible norm. A necessary and sufficient condition is that either 1+i/4 parallel to A parallel to parallel to B parallel to or its complex conjugate is in the closure of the numerical range of AB.

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