An extension of the Golden-Thompson theorem

作者:Li Hongyi; Zhao Di*
来源:JOURNAL OF INEQUALITIES AND APPLICATIONS, 2014, 2014(1): 14.
DOI:10.1186/1029-242X-2014-14

摘要

In this paper, we shall prove vertical bar tr e(A+B)vertical bar <= tr(vertical bar e(A)vertical bar vertical bar e(B)vertical bar) for normal matrices A, B. In particular, tr e(A+B) <= tr(e(A)e(B)) if A, B are Hermitian matrices, yielding the Golden-Thompson inequality.