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For any nonnegative semidefinite matrix $A$ and any matrix $B$, do we have $$ tr(AB) \le tr(A) \|B\| $$ where

$$\mbox{tr} (AB) \le \mbox{tr} (A) \, \|B\|$$

where $tr(\cdot)$$\mbox{tr}(\cdot)$ is the trace and $\|\cdot\|$ is the operator norm. How to prove this?

For any nonnegative semidefinite matrix $A$ and any matrix $B$, do we have $$ tr(AB) \le tr(A) \|B\| $$ where $tr(\cdot)$ is the trace and $\|\cdot\|$ is the operator norm. How to prove this?

For any nonnegative semidefinite matrix $A$ and any matrix $B$, we have

$$\mbox{tr} (AB) \le \mbox{tr} (A) \, \|B\|$$

where $\mbox{tr}(\cdot)$ is the trace and $\|\cdot\|$ is the operator norm. How to prove this?

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Matrix trace & norm

For any nonnegative semidefinite matrix $A$ and any matrix $B$, do we have $$ tr(AB) \le tr(A) \|B\| $$ where $tr(\cdot)$ is the trace and $\|\cdot\|$ is the operator norm. How to prove this?