Inequality with Applications in Statistical Mechanics
J. Math. Phys. 6, 1812 (1965); doi:10.1063/1.1704727
Issue Date: November 1965
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We prove for Hermitian matrices (or more generally for completely continuous self-adjoint linear operators in Hilbert space) A and B that Tr (eA+B)
Tr (eAeB). The inequality is shown to be sharper than the convexity property (0
1) Tr (e
A+(1−
)B)
[Tr (eA)]
[Tr (eB)]1−
, and its possible use for obtaining upper bounds for the partition function is discussed briefly.
©1965 The American Institute of Physics
Tr (eAeB). The inequality is shown to be sharper than the convexity property (0
1) Tr (e
A+(1−
)B)
[Tr (eA)]
[Tr (eB)]1−
, and its possible use for obtaining upper bounds for the partition function is discussed briefly.
©1965 The American Institute of Physics
| History: | Received 18 March 1965 |
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0022-2488 (print)
1089-7658 (online)
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- Theorem I, and Lemma 2 in Sec. 2 (for positive-definite matrices only), have recently been proved independently by S. Golden, Phys. Rev. 137, B1127 (1965).
- D. Ruelle,
Helv. Phys. Acta 36, 789 (1963) . - R. B. Griffiths,
Phys. Rev. 136, A751 (1964) . - H. Weyl,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 35, 408 (1949) ;
see also G. Polya, - K. Fan,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S. 35, 652 (1949) .







