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Hölder's inequality for matrices
I was wondering if the Hölder's inequality was true for matrix induced norms, i.e. if
$$\|AB\|_1 \leq \|A\|_p\|B\|_q, \quad\forall p,q \in [1,\infty] \text{ s.t. } \tfrac{1}{p}+\tfrac{1}{q} = 1.$$
But ...
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A matrix completion problem
In their paper, "Corners of Normal Matrices," R. Bhatia and M.D. Choi ask the following question: Given a matrix pair $(B,C)$ where $B,C∈M_n$, does there exist matrices $A,D ∈ M_n$ such that the block ...
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An extreme point of the ball of the space of compact operators
It is very easy to see that the unit ball of $c_0$ has no extreme points. I was trying to spot any extreme points in the unit ball of the space of compact operators on a Hilbert space (a ...
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All Unitarily Invariant Minkowski Norms on $\mathfrak{su}(N)$
It is well known that the some matrix norms satisfying:
$\|A\| = \|UAV\|$, $\forall A \in \mathbb{C}^{N \times N}, \forall U,V \in U(N)$
are the Schatten-p norms:
$\|A\|_p= \left( \sum_{k=0}^{N-1} ...
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Rank of the smallest rank-reducing perturbation of a general matrix
Let $A$ be a general $m \times n$ matrix (not necessarily square, and not necessarily of full rank). Let $\| \cdot \|$ be a norm for $m \times n$ matrices that is induced from a norm for $m$ vectors ...
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Matrix-Norm aquivalence with p-Norm [closed]
Let $A$ be a square Matrix and $||\cdot ||_p$ the induced Matrixnorm for $1 \leq p \leq \infty$. Is it true that
$$||A||_p\leq \max(||A||_1,||A||_{\infty})?$$
For $p=2$ the answer is yes because ...
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solving trace norm equality [closed]
Problem Formulation
under what conditions can we solve $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{AB})=0$ ? or more specifically, when will $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{AB})=0$ implies that $\mathrm{trace}(\mathbf{B})=0$.
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Absolutely 2-summable operator on a Hilbert space
An bouneded linear operator $A \in L(X, Y)$ (here $X$, $Y$ are Banach spaces) is called absolutely $2$-summable if there exists a $C>0$ such that
$$ \left( \sum_{j=1}^N \| A x_j\|_X^2 \right)^{1/2} ...
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expansion with respect to p-norms for p other than 2
Suppose I have an $d$-regular expander graph with $n$ vertices, where the stochastic version of its adjacency matrix $A$ (with entries $1/d$ and zero) has second eigenvalue $\lambda$.
Let $x \in ...
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Tensors with low spectral norm
Consider a tensor $T$ with six indices, $T_{(ii')(jj')(kk')}$, where each index goes from $1$ to $n$. We can think of $T$ as a linear map from $\mathbb{R}^n \otimes \mathbb{R}^n \otimes \mathbb{R}^n$ ...
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When is the norm of all positive operators on an ordered Banach space determined by their values on the positive cone?
I'm trying to investigate the interplay between the norm and cone of positive elements in ordered Banach spaces. In particular, I would like a nice characterization of when the norm of a positive ...
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bounding the trace of a matrix product by the operator norms; generalized Hölder inequality?
Let $A_i$ with $i=1,\dots,N$ and $p$ be real $M\times M$ matrices.
Further, let $p$ be positive definite, i.e., $p\succ 0$, with $Tr(p)=1$. Let $0< a_i<1$ and $\sum_{i=1}^N a_i = 1$.
Claim:
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injective tensor norms for real tensors
If $A$ is an element of $\mathbb{R}^n \otimes\mathbb{R}^n \otimes\mathbb{R}^n$, then define its injective tensor norm to be
$$\|A\|_{\rm inj} := \max_{x,y,z\in \mathbb{R}^n, \|x\|=\|y\|=\|z\|=1}
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How to prove the Hahn-Banach constructively
I am just wondering, how to prove the Hahn-Banach theorem constructively for a finite dimensional normed vector space.
Thanks in advance for any helpful answers.
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Smooth dependence of the spectrum on the operator
I would like to know if there are theorems that state under which circumstances spectra of operator families depend smoothly on the parameter.
To clarify, suppose I have a 1-parameter family $T_h$ of ...
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How can I see the “missing” Poisson center when the rank of the Poisson structure drops?
Recall that a Poisson algebra is a commutative algebra $A$ along with a bracket $\lbrace,\rbrace: A^{\otimes 2} \to A$ which is a Lie bracket and which is also a derivation in each variable. The ...
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Equivalence constante between factorization norm and trace norm
The factorization norm, sometimes also called $\gamma_2$ norm play an important role in (quantum) communication complexity and is defined for a $n\times n$ matrix $A$ by:
$\gamma_2(A) = \max || A ...
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trace norm inequality for positive matrices
If $A, B$ are positive $n \times n$ complex matrices, $n$ some integer, then obviously \begin{equation*} \|ABA\|_\text{tr} = tr(ABA) = tr(A^2 B). \end{equation*}
But can we say there is a constant ...
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Boundedness criterion for operators on mixed Lebesgue spaces
Define the mixed Lebesgue space $l_{p,q}$ as the space of all doubly indexed sequences
${\bf a}= (a(i,j))_{i,j\in\mathbb{Z}}$ such that
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Norm of tridiagonal operator
Recently, I needed to estimate the operator norm of the tridiagonal operator, but I am sure answers much more refined than my simple observations must be known.
Let $T$ be the linear operator that ...
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What is the $L^p$-norm of the (uncentered) Hardy-Littlewood maximal function?
The (uncentered) Hardy-Littlewood maximal function $M(f)$ of (a locally integrable) function $f$ on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ is defined by the rule $M(f)(x)=\sup_{\delta>0,\left|y-x\right|<\delta} ...
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What is the “correct” generalization of operator norms for nonlinear operators?
I have been recently wondering what is a (or even the) "correct" generalization of the notion of an operator norm to nonlinear operators?
Please excuse the naivete of my question; if you think that ...
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An operator-norm version of Siegel's Lemma
Is there a kind of Siegel's Lemma saying that if $M$ is a ``small-height'' integer matrix, then there is a "small-height" vector $x$ with $\|Mx\|=\|M\|\|x\|$? (Here $\|Mx\|$ and $\|x\|$ denote the ...
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Do Isometry Groups Tell Us How Difficult Norms are to Compute?
The question: Consider two norms N1 and N2 on the space of n-by-n complex matrices. N1 and N2 have the same isometry group and computing N1 is NP-HARD. Does it follow that computing N2 is NP-HARD as ...
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Is the norm of a $0-1$ matrix (almost) attained on a $0-1$ vector?
I'd like to state explicitly a problem which was somehow hidden in my three-week-old post:
Does there exist an absolute constant $c>0$ with the property that for any matrix $M\in{\mathcal ...
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Bounds on operator 2-norms on partial traces of linearly related operators
Consider an arbitary positive semidefinite operator ρ, acting on ℂA ⊗ ℂB ⊗ ℂC, for A,B,C finite. Also, let P be an orthogonal projector on ...
