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distance in the matrix algebra w.r.t. the nuclear norm

Let $\varphi\in\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ and let $Z:=\mathbb{C}\cdot I=\{zI\colon\,z\in\mathbb{C}\}$ be the one-dimensional subspace spanned by the identity matrix $I$. Let moreover $\|\cdot\|_{\...
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Forming real positive semidefinite matrices from complex matrices

I have asked this question on the Mathematics Stack Exchange: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4924554/forming-real-symmetric-positive-semidefinite-matrices-from-complex-matrices. Let $Q \in \...
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Showing a 2-by-2 matrix is a contraction

Let $S\subseteq\mathbb{T}:=\{z\in\mathbb{C}:\vert z\vert=1\}$ be a compact set such that $\operatorname{conv}S\supseteq\{z\in\mathbb{C}:\vert z\vert\leq\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\}$ and $B\in M_2(\mathbb{C})$....
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Extension of the projective norm to a cross norm

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a finite-dimensional Hilbert space and $\mathcal{A}\subseteq\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ be an operator system. Is it possible to extend the projective norm (the greatest cross norm) ...
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2-positivity to 3-positivity

Let $B\in M_3(\mathbb{C})$ and $S_3= \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{pmatrix} $. Suppose $I_3\otimes I_2+B\otimes X+B^*\otimes X^*\geq 0$ for all $2$...
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Banach-Mazur distance between Schatten-$p$ classes

Let $M_n$ denote the set of all $n\times n$ complex matrices. Let $1\leq p<\infty.$ For $A\in M_n$ define $\|A\|_p:=(Tr(A^*A)^{p/2})^{1/p}$ where $Tr$ denotes the usual trace of a matrix. Then $\|.\...
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Minimax type principle for a self-adjoint operator acting on a Hilbert space

Let $T\in\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H})$ be a self-adjoint operator acting on a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Suppose $k\in\mathbb{N}$. Define $$\lambda_k(T)=\sup\limits_{\substack{\mathcal{M}\subseteq \...
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When does $\left\Vert f(\mathbf{N}) - f(\mathbf{M})\right\Vert_{\mathrm{op}} \leq k\left\Vert \mathbf{N} - \mathbf{M}\right\Vert_{\mathrm{op}}$ hold?

Define the Frobenius norm of a matrix as $\left\Vert A \right\Vert_{\mathrm{F}}=\sqrt{\sum_{i,j} A_{ij}^2}$ and the operator norm as $\left\Vert A \right\Vert_{\mathrm{op}}=\sup_{x \not = 0} \frac{\...
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Non-square multiplication operator matrix

Let $A(x), x\in (0,1)$ an $2\times n$ matrix, with $n\geq 2$. Consider the multiplication operator $K$ on $[L^2(0,1)]^n$ defined as $$K: f(x) \mapsto Kf(x)=A(x).f(x).$$ Intuitively, $$K: [L^2(0,1)]^n ...
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Commutant of the conjugations by unitary matrices

Let $\mathcal{L}(\mathbb{C}^{n \times n})$ denote the algebra of all linear mappings from $\mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ to $\mathbb{C}^{n \times n}$ and let $\mathcal{C} \subseteq \mathcal{L}(\mathbb{C}^{...
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Special kind of translation and rotational invariance of the numerical range

Let $T\in\mathscr{B(\mathcal{H})}$ and $X\in M_n(\mathbb{C})$. Is the following statement true? If $W(B\otimes X)\subseteq W(B\otimes T)$ for any $B\in M_n$ then $W(B\otimes (X+I_n))\subseteq W(B\...
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Construct a probability function on the operator monotone functions, $g(t)=t g(t^{-1})$, fitting certain values

To immediately pose the question of interest to us, without first expanding upon its (quantum-information-theoretic) origin—we seek a univariate function $f$, for which we have the ("two-qubit ...
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Comparing norms on tensor products of matrices

Given a Hilbert space $H$, let $S_1(H)$ denote the space of trace-class operators on $H$, with the trace-class norm or Schatten 1-norm. That is $$ \Vert T \Vert_1 = \sum_{j\geq 1} |s_j| $$ where $(s_1,...
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Operator arithmetic-harmonic mean inequality with operator-valued weights

Let $\Lambda_1,\dots,\Lambda_n$ be strictly positive definite operators in the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^d$. By an operator arithmetic-harmonic mean inequality with weights $\Lambda_i$ I mean the ...
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