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Improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality

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We make an improvement and give a new proof for Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky inequality derived by Kaplansky [Am. J. Math., 1953].

Introduction

Cauchy-Schwarz angle-length inequality, derived in 1821, is the following.

Theorem 1.1. [1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13] (Cauchy-Schwarz Angle-Length Inequality) Let n∈Nn \in\mathbb{N}. Then

∣∑j=1najbj∣≤(∑j=1n∣aj∣2)12(∑k=1n∣bk∣2)12,∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈Cn.\left|\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_jb_j\right|\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}|a_j|^2\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}|b_k|^2\right)^{\frac{1}{2}},\quad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathbb{C}^{n}.

We clearly have the following sequential version of Theorem 1.1.

Theorem 1.2. [1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13] (Cauchy-Schwarz Angle-Length Inequality) Let {aj}j=1∞,{bj}j=1∞⊆C\{a_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty},\{b_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty}\subseteq\mathbb{C} be such that

∑j=1∞∣aj∣2∈R,∑j=1∞∣bj∣2∈R.\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}|a_j|^2\in\mathbb{R},\qquad\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}|b_j|^2\in\mathbb{R}.

Then

∣∑j=1∞ajbj∣≤(∑j=1∞∣aj∣2)12(∑k=1∞∣bk∣2)12.\left|\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_jb_j\right|\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}|a_j|^2\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}|b_k|^2\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}.

In 1953, Kaplansky extended Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to commutative C*-algebras [6].

Theorem 1.3. [6] (Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality) Let A\mathcal{A} be a commutative C*-algebra. Let n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. Then

[(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗]12≤(∑j=1naj∗aj)12(∑k=1nbk∗bk)12,∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈An.\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^{*}b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^{*}b_k\right)^{*}\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^{*}a_j\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^{*}b_k\right)^{\frac{1}{2}},\quad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathcal{A}^{n}.

In particular,

∥∑j=1naj∗bj∥≤∥∑j=1naj∗aj∥12∥∑k=1nbk∗bk∥12.\left\|\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^{*}b_j\right\|\leq\left\|\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^{*}a_j\right\|^{\frac{1}{2}}\left\|\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^{*}b_k\right\|^{\frac{1}{2}}.

Theorem 1.4. [6] (Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality) Let A\mathcal{A} be a commutative C∗C^*-algebra. Let {aj}j=1∞,{bj}j=1∞⊆A\{a_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty},\{b_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty}\subseteq\mathcal{A} be such that

∑j=1∞aj∗aj∈A,∑j=1∞bj∗bj∈A.\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\in\mathcal{A},\qquad\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}b_j^*b_j\in\mathcal{A}.

Then

[(∑j=1∞aj∗bj)(∑k=1∞ak∗bk)∗]12≤(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)12(∑k=1∞bk∗bk)12.\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_k^*b_k\right)^*\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}.

In particular,

∥∑j=1∞aj∗bj∥≤∥∑j=1∞aj∗aj∥12∥∑k=1∞bk∗bk∥12.\left\|\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*b_j\right\|\leq\left\|\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right\|^{\frac{1}{2}}\left\|\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right\|^{\frac{1}{2}}.

In this note, we improve Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky inequality.

Improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality

Following result is improvement of Theorem 1.1.

Theorem 2.1. (Improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality) Let A\mathcal{A} be a commutative C∗C^*-algebra. Let n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. Then

(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗=(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk)−∑1≤j<k≤n(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^*b_k\right)^*=\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)-\sum_{1\leq j<k\leq n}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)
≤(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk),∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈An.\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right),\qquad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathcal{A}^{n}.

In particular,

[(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗]12=[(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk)−∑1≤j<k≤n(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)]12\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^*b_k\right)^*\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}=\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)-\sum_{1\leq j<k\leq n}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}
≤[(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk)]12\leq\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}
=(∑j=1naj∗aj)12(∑k=1nbk∗bk)12,∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈An.=\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)^{\frac{1}{2}},\qquad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathcal{A}^{n}.

Proof. Our proof is motivated from the arguments for the scalar case by Cauchy using Lagrange identity [3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14]. From Lagrange identity, we have,

∑1≤j<k≤n(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)=12∑j=1n∑k=1n(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)\sum_{1\leq j<k\leq n}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{j=1}^{n}\sum_{k=1}^{n}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)
=(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk)−(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗.=\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)-\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^*b_k\right)^*.

Improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality

Rearranging, we get

(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗=(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk)−∑1≤j<k≤n(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)≤(∑j=1naj∗aj)(∑k=1nbk∗bk).\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^*b_k\right)^*=\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right)-\sum_{1\leq j<k\leq n}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j) \\ \leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right).

Since square root respects the order of positive elements in a C*-algebra, we have the result.

Following extension of Theorem 2.1 is clear.

Theorem 2.2. (Improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky Inequality) Let A\mathcal{A} be a commutative C*-algebra. Let {aj}j=1∞,{bj}j=1∞⊆A\{a_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty}, \{b_j\}_{j=1}^{\infty}\subseteq\mathcal{A} be such that

∑j=1∞aj∗aj∈A,∑j=1∞bj∗bj∈A.\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\in\mathcal{A},\qquad\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}b_j^*b_j\in\mathcal{A}.

Then

(∑j=1∞aj∗bj)(∑k=1∞ak∗bk)∗=(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)(∑k=1∞bk∗bk)−∑1≤j<k<∞(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)≤(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)(∑k=1∞bk∗bk).\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_k^*b_k\right)^*=\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right)-\sum_{1\leq j<k<\infty}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j) \\ \leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right).

In particular,

[(∑j=1∞aj∗bj)(∑k=1∞ak∗bk)∗]12=[(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)(∑k=1∞bk∗bk)−∑1≤j<k<∞(ajbk−akbj)∗(ajbk−akbj)]12≤[(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)(∑k=1∞bk∗bk)]12=(∑j=1∞aj∗aj)12(∑k=1∞bk∗bk)12.\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}a_k^*b_k\right)^*\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}=\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right)-\sum_{1\leq j<k<\infty}(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)^*(a_jb_k-a_kb_j)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}} \\ \leq\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =\left(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_j^*a_j\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}b_k^*b_k\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}.

An Open Problem

For non-commutative C*-algebras, the following result has been obtained independently by Paschke [10] and Rieffel [11].

Theorem 3.1. [10, 11] (Cauchy-Schwarz-Paschke-Rieffel Inequality) Let A\mathcal{A} be a C*-algebra. Let n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N}. Then

[(∑j=1naj∗bj)(∑k=1nak∗bk)∗]12≤(∑j=1naj∗aj)12∥∑k=1nbk∗bk∥12,∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈An.\left[\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*b_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}a_k^*b_k\right)^*\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}\leq\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j^*a_j\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\left\lVert\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_k^*b_k\right\rVert^{\frac{1}{2}},\qquad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathcal{A}^{n}.

In particular,

∥∑j=1naj∗bj∥≤∥∑j=1naj∗aj∥12∥∑k=1nbk∗bk∥12,∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n∈An.\left\lVert\sum_{j=1}^{n} a_j^*b_j \right\rVert\le\left\lVert\sum_{j=1}^{n} a_j^*a_j \right\rVert^{\frac{1}{2}} \left\lVert\sum_{k=1}^{n} b_k^*b_k \right\rVert^{\frac{1}{2}}, \qquad\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n} \in A^n.

Note that Cauchy-Schwarz-Paschke-Rieffel inequality is not a direct generalization of Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky inequality. We don’t know how to generalize Theorem 3.1 to noncommutative C∗C^*-algebras.

Note that the Cauchy-Binet identity

(∑j=1najcj)(∑k=1nbkdk)−(∑j=1najdj)(∑k=1nbkck)=∑1≤j<k≤n(ajbk−bjak)(cjdk−djck),\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_jc_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_kd_k\right)-\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_jd_j\right)\left(\sum_{k=1}^{n}b_kc_k\right)=\sum_{1\le j<k\le n}(a_jb_k-b_ja_k)(c_jd_k-d_jc_k),
∀(aj)j=1n,(bj)j=1n,(cj)j=1n,(dj)j=1n∈Cn\forall(a_j)_{j=1}^{n},(b_j)_{j=1}^{n},(c_j)_{j=1}^{n},(d_j)_{j=1}^{n}\in\mathbb{C}^n

seems not to improve Cauchy-Schwarz-Paschke-Rieffel inequality (Cauchy-Binet identity holds only for commutative rings).

Conclusions

  1. In 1821, Cauchy extended Lagrange identity and proved Cauchy-Schwarz inequality [7].

  2. In 1953, Kaplansky extended Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to commutative C∗C^*-algebras [6].

  3. In this note, we improved Cauchy-Schwarz-Kaplansky inequality.

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