Determinant Inequalities for Positive Definite Matrices Via Additive and Multiplicative Young Inequalities

Abstract

In this paper we prove among others that, if the positive definite matrices A, B of order n satisfy the condition 0 < mIn ≤ B − A ≤ M In, for some constants 0 < m < M, where In is the identity matrix, then 0 ≤ (1 − t) [det (A)]−1 + t [det (A + mIn)]−1 − [det (A + mtIn)]−1 ≤ (1 − t) [det (A)]−1 + t [det (B)]−1 − [det ((1 − t) A + tB)]−1 ≤ (1 − t) [det (A)]−1 + t [det (A + M In)]−1 − [det (A + M tIn)]−1 , for all t ∈ [0, 1]