Operator Jensen’s Inequality for Operator Superquadratic Functions

Abstract

In this work, an operator superquadratic function (in the operator sense) for positive Hilbert space operators is defined. Several examples with some important properties together with some observations which are related to the operator convexity are pointed out. A general Bohr’s inequality for positive operators is thus deduced. A Jensen-type inequality is proved. Equivalent statements of a non-commutative version of Jensen’s inequality for operator superquadratic function are also established. Finally, several trace inequalities for superquadratic functions (in the ordinary sense) are provided as well.

Keywords

• operator superquadratic
• operator convex
• self-adjoint
• Jensen’s inequality
• trace