High-contrast homogenization: Provider.Recurrence.SchattenSpectral #
Imported from the Apache-2.0 HighContrastHomogenization development at commit
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The spectral form of the Schatten trace #
The mixed norm ‖·‖_{L^Q(S_Q)} of the fixed-grid section is built on the
Schatten size |H|_{S_Q} = (tr((H²)^{Q/2}))^{1/Q}, whose inner power is taken by
the continuous functional calculus. Every estimate the section makes on that
size passes through one identity: the trace of a function of a symmetric matrix
is that function summed over the eigenvalues. The identity is the spectral
theorem plus the invariance of the trace under conjugation by the eigenvector
unitary, and it is proved here.
Two consequences are recorded because the fixed-grid proofs use them directly.
The first is that the Schatten size is a nonnegative real, so it may be compared
with the extended-real moments without a case split. The second is the opening
display of the positive-gap estimate l.fixed.geometry.positive.gap: for a positive
semidefinite D bounded above by t in the Loewner order,
tr(D^Q) ≤ t^{Q-1} tr D, since every eigenvalue lies in [0, t] and the scalar
inequality μ^Q ≤ t^{Q-1} μ holds there.
The trace of a function of a symmetric matrix #
The trace of a continuous function of a symmetric matrix is the function summed over the eigenvalues. The functional calculus is realized as the conjugation of a diagonal matrix by the eigenvector unitary, and the trace does not see that conjugation.
Eigenvalue bounds from the Loewner order #
A Loewner bound above is a bound on every eigenvalue: the quadratic form of
t I - A at the i-th unit eigenvector is t - eigenvalues A i.
A positive semidefinite matrix is bounded above by its own trace: every eigenvalue is at most the sum of them all.
Nonnegativity of the Schatten trace #
The Schatten trace of a symmetric matrix at a nonnegative exponent is
nonnegative: the eigenvalues of A² are nonnegative and the real power of a
nonnegative real is nonnegative.
The trace-power estimate of the positive-gap lemma #
The opening display of l.fixed.geometry.positive.gap. A positive semidefinite D
bounded above by t in the Loewner order satisfies tr(D^Q) ≤ t^{Q-1} tr D:
every eigenvalue lies in [0, t], and there μ^Q = μ^{Q-1} μ ≤ t^{Q-1} μ.
The Schatten argument in the exponent of the reference text #
The Schatten size squares the matrix before taking the power Q/2. On
positive semidefinite data the two operations collapse: the spectrum is
nonnegative, so (x²)^{Q/2} = x^Q there, and the functional calculus composes.
This is what identifies the Schatten trace of D with tr(D^Q).
The trace-power estimate in the Schatten dialect of the fixed-grid
section. This is tr(D^Q) ≤ |G_hat|^{Q-1} tr D with the left side written as the
Schatten trace of the squared matrix, the form in which the mixed norm reads
it.
The Schatten size of a doubled block #
The Schatten trace of a symmetric doubled block is nonnegative, so its Schatten size is a nonnegative real.
The Schatten size raised to the power Q recovers the Schatten trace: the
definition takes the Q-th root of a nonnegative real.
The opening display of l.fixed.geometry.positive.gap in the doubled block
dialect. For a positive doubled block bounded above by t in the Loewner
order, the Schatten trace tr(D^Q) is at most t^{Q-1} times the block
trace.
The trace bound on the Schatten size of a positive block, the step
|B|_{S_Q} ≤ tr B of l.fixed.geometry.positive.gap. Applying the trace-power estimate
at t = tr B gives |B|_{S_Q}^Q ≤ (tr B)^Q, and the Q-th root is monotone.