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Some quantum $f$-divergence inequalities for convex functions of self-adjoint operators

Ali Taghavi, Vahid Darvish, Haji Mohammad Nazari, Sever S Dragomir

Published Apr 2, 2017• 0 citations
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In this paper, some new inequalities for convex functions of self-adjoint operators are obtained. As applications, we present some inequalities for quantum $f$-divergence of trace class operators in Hilbert Spaces.

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10.5269/bspm.v37i1.31452

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