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An "almost" true inequality for Hermitian matrices

Let $A$ be an $N\times N$ Hermitian matrix. For $p+q$ even, consider the following inequality: $$\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} (A^q)_{ii} \geq \Big(\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^N (A^p)_{ii} \Big) \Big(\...
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What conclusions can I derive from this family of trace inequalities?

Problem. Let $n_1,\ldots,n_s,m_1,\ldots,m_s\ge 0$ be nonnegative integers and set $m := \sum_{i=1}^s m_i$ and $n := \sum_{i=1}^s n_i$. Let $\oplus$ be an operation on matrices which stacks them in a ...
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Bound on the trace of inverse matrix

Suppose $A$ is a positive semi-definite matrix and we can bound its trace as $l \le tr(A) \le L$. I am wondering if it is possible to find the upper and lower bounds on the trace of $A^{-1}$ based on $...
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Show that for all $\delta$, we have $\|u\|^2_{\Gamma}\le c_\delta(\|u\|^2_{\omega(\delta)}+\|u\|_{\omega(\delta)}\|\nabla u\|_{\omega(\delta)})$

I am reading the article On existence of weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in regions with moving boundaries from Fujita and Kato and at some point they use an argument I have some trouble ...
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Inequalities involving traces of products of hermitian positive semidefinite matrices

$\DeclareMathOperator{\tr}{tr}$ Fix an integer $n \geq 2$. Let $A_1, \dotsc, A_n$ be hermitian positive semidefinite matrices, with each $A_i$ being $m$ by $m$. Consider the symmetric group $S_n$ on $...
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Trace inequality under consideration of definiteness

Let $G \in \mathbb{R}^{3 \times 3}$ a symmetric, but indefinite matrix and $U \in \mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}$ a symmetric and positive definite matrix. I would like to prove the inequality $$ \text{Tr} \...
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Inequalities for trace/eigenvalues of product of multiple 2x2 matrices

Consider the matrix product $\prod_i^n A_i$, where each $A_i$ is a $2\times2$ matrix having the form $A_i = \left( \begin{smallmatrix} \lambda + \alpha_i & -\beta_i \\ 1 & 0\end{smallmatrix}\...
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Equality condition for Araki–Lieb–Thirring inequality

I'd like to have the equality condition in the Araki–Lieb–Thirring inequality $$\operatorname{Tr} [(BAB)^r]\leq \operatorname{Tr} [(B^{r}A^{r}B^{r})],$$ valid for $A,B$ semidefinite positive and $r\...
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Norm/trace of product inequality involving skew symmetric matrices

I wonder if the following inequality involving skew symmetric matrices is true: Suppose that $B,C \in \mathbb{R}^{d \times d}$ are skew-symmetric matrices, and $\Sigma \in \mathbb{R}^{d \times d}$ ...
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Bound on sum of $n$th super-diagonal entries in a $2n$ by $2n$ PSD matrix

Let $A,B,C\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be such that $\left(\begin{array}{} A & B \\ B^T & C \end{array}\right)\succeq 0$. I would like to prove that $$\mathrm{trace}\,B \le \sum_{i=1}^n \sqrt{\...
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Inequality on diagonal entries of a matrix product

Let $A$ and $B$ be two Hermitian matrices and let $D$ be a diagonal matrix. Does there exist any inequality involving the trace for the diagonal entries $(D A D A D A B)_{i,i}$? I am looking for ...