Let A and B be n n positive semidefinite Hermitian matrices, let c and/ be real numbers, let o denote the Hadamard product of matrices, and let Ak denote any k )< k principal submatrix of A. The following trace and eigenvalue inequalities are shown: tr(AoB) <_tr(AoBa), c_<0or_> 1, tr(AoB)a_>tr(AaoBa), 0_a_ 1, A1/a(A o Ba) <_ Al/(Az o B), a <_ /,a O, Al/a[(Aa)k] <_ A1/[(A)k], a <_/,a/ 0. The equ...

X iv :m at h/ 03 05 37 4v 1 [ m at h. N A ] 2 7 M ay 2 00 3 A GENERALISED TRAPEZOID TYPE INEQUALITY FOR CONVEX FUNCTIONS S.S. DRAGOMIR Abstract. A generalised trapezoid inequality for convex functions and applications for quadrature rules are given. A refinement and a counterpart result for the Hermite-Hadamard inequalities are obtained and some inequalities for pdf’s and (HH)−divergence measur...

In this paper we prove some inequalities for convex function of a higher order. The well known Hermite interpolating polynomial leads us to a converse of Jensen inequality for a regular, signed measure and, as a consequence, a generalization of Hadamard and Petrovi c's inequalities. Also, we obtain a new upper bound for the error function of the Hermite interpolating polynomial je H (x)j in ter...

Given a function f : I → J and a pair of means M and N, on the intervals I and J respectively, we say that f is MN -convex provided that f (M(x, y)) N(f (x), f (y)) for every x , y ∈ I . In this context, we prove the validity of all basic inequalities in Convex Function Theory, such as Jensen’s Inequality and the Hermite-Hadamard Inequality. Mathematics subject classification (2000): 26A51, 26D...

The Levi graph of a balanced incomplete block design is the bipartite graph whose vertices are the points and blocks of the design, with each block adjacent to those points it contains. We derive upper and lower bounds on the isoperimetric numbers of such graphs, with particular attention to the special cases of finite projective planes and Hadamard designs.

This paper is focused on the applications of Schur complements to determinant inequalities. It presents a monotonic characterization of Schur complements in the L öwner partial ordering sense such that a new proof of the Hadamard-Fischer-Koteljanski inequality is obtained. Meanwhile, it presents matrix identities and determinant inequalities involving positive semidefinite matrices and extends ...

The Hermite-Hadamard inequality is used to develop an approximation to the logarithm of the gamma function which is more accurate than the Stirling approximation and easier to derive. Then the concavity of the logarithm of gamma of logarithm is proved and applied to the Jensen inequality. Finally, the Wallis ratio is used to obtain the additional term in Stirling’s approximation formula. Mathem...

We show that for any unitarily invariant norm k k on M n (the space of n-by-n complex matrices) where denotes the Hadamard (entrywise) product. These results are a consequence of an inequality for absolute norms on C n kx yk 2 kx xk ky yk for all x; y 2 C n : (2) We also characterize the norms on C n that satisfy (2), characterize the unitary similarity invariant norms on M n that satisfy (1), ...

We show that certain statements related to the Fourier-Walsh expansion of functions with respect to a biased measure on the discrete cube can be deduced from the respective results for the uniform measure by a simple reduction. In particular, we present simple generalizations to the biased measure μp of the Bonami-Beckner hypercontractive inequality, and of Talagrand’s lower bound on the size o...