Published September 1975 | Version Published
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An inequality among determinants

Abstract

We prove that for any trace class operators, A,B, det (1+|A+B|) ≤ det (1+|A|) det (1+|B|) where |C| = (C*C)1/2.

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© 1975 by the National Academy of Sciences. Communicated by A. S. Wightman, June 9, 1975. It is a pleasure to thank E. Lieb for a useful discussion. E.S. was partially supported by USNSF under Grant GP-40768X. B.S. is an A. Sloan Fellow, partially supported by USNSF under Grant GP-39048.

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PMC432972
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Funding

NSF
GP-40768X
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
NSF
GP-39048

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