Euclidean operator radius and numerical radius inequalities

TL;DR

This paper introduces new bounds for the numerical radius of operators on Hilbert spaces, improving existing inequalities and exploring operator matrices and the Aluthge transform.

Contribution

It develops stronger Euclidean operator radius bounds for pairs of operators and improves classical numerical radius inequalities, including those involving the Aluthge transform.

Findings

Derived new lower and upper bounds for the numerical radius.

Improved inequality involving the Aluthge transform.

Analyzed numerical radius inequalities for operator matrices.

Abstract

Let $T$ be a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space $\mathscr{H}.$ We obtain various lower and upper bounds for the numerical radius of $T$ by developing the Euclidean operator radius bounds of a pair of operators, which are stronger than the existing ones. In particular, we develop an inequality that improves on the inequality $$ w(T) \geq \frac12 {\|T\|}+\frac14 {\left|\|Re(T)\|-\frac12 \|T\| \right|} + \frac14 { \left| \|Im(T)\|-\frac12 \|T\| \right|}.$$ Various equality conditions of the existing numerical radius inequalities are also provided. Further, we study the numerical radius inequalities of $2\times 2$ off-diagonal operator matrices. Applying the numerical radius bounds of operator matrices, we develop the upper bounds of $w(T)$ by using $t$-Aluthge transform. In particular, we improve the well known inequality $$ w(T) \leq \frac12 {\|T\|}+ \frac12{ w(\widetilde{T})}, $$ where $\widetilde{T}=|T|^{1/2}U|T|^{1/2}$ is the Aluthge transform of $T$ and $T=U|T|$ is the polar decomposition of $T$.