Loewner matrices and operator convexity

Bhatia, Rajendra ; Sano, Takashi (2009) Loewner matrices and operator convexity Mathematische Annalen, 344 (3). pp. 703-716. ISSN 0025-5831

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Abstract

Let f be a function from R+ into itself. A classic theorem of K. Löwner says that f is operator monotone if and only if all matrices of the form [f(pi)-f(pj)/pi-pj] are positive semidefinite. We show that f is operator convex if and only if all such matrices are conditionally negative definite and that f (t) = t g(t) for some operator convex function g if and only if these matrices are conditionally positive definite. Elementary proofs are given for the most interesting special cases f (t) = t r , and f (t) = t log t. Several consequences are derived.

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