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Geometrical significance of the Löwner-Heinz inequality

Author(s): E. Andruchow; G. Corach; D. Stojanoff
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 1031-1037.
MSC (1991): Primary 46L05, 58B20
Posted: July 28, 1999
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Abstract: It is proven that the Löwner-Heinz inequality ${\|A^{t}B^{t}\|\le \|AB\|^{t}}$ , valid for all positive invertible operators on the Hilbert space ${\mathcal H }$ and ${t\in [0,1]}$ , has equivalent forms related to the Finsler structure of the space of positive invertible elements of ${\mathcal L (\mathcal H )}$ or, more generally, of a unital ${C^{*}}$ -algebra. In particular, the Löwner-Heinz inequality is equivalent to some type of ``nonpositive curvature" property of that space.

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E. Andruchow
Affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Roca 850, 1663-San Miguel, Argentina
Email: eandruch@mate.dm.uba.ar

G. Corach
Affiliation: Departamento de Matemática, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428-Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: gcorach@mate.dm.uba.ar

D. Stojanoff
Affiliation: Instituto Argentino de Matemática, Saavedra 15, 1083-Buenos Aires, Argentina
Email: demetrio@mate.dm.uba.ar

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05085-6
PII: S 0002-9939(99)05085-6
Received by editor(s): May 29, 1997
Received by editor(s) in revised form: May 18, 1998
Posted: July 28, 1999
Additional Notes: The authors were partially supported by UBACYT EX 261, PIP CONICET 4463/96 and PICT 2259 ANPCYT (Argentina)
Dedicated: Dedicated to Mischa Cotlar, with affection and admiration, on his 86th anniversary
Communicated by: David R. Larson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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