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Matrix Square Root Difference Bound

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FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.root_difference_bound_readable

by Lazyfill · Oct 26, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

functional-inequalitieskls-conjecturekls-modularkls-readablelog-concave

This statement is a Sylvester-type estimate for two real matrices.

Let ι be a finite index type with decidable equality. Let S and T be matrices. Suppose S has quadratic floor a, T has quadratic floor b, and T is symmetric. Then

(a+b) ∥S−T∥F≤∥S2−T2∥F.(a+b)\,\|S-T\|_F\leq\|S^2-T^2\|_F.(a+b)∥S−T∥F​≤∥S2−T2∥F​.

Here ∥⋅∥F\|\cdot\|_F∥⋅∥F​ is the Frobenius norm represented by matrixEntries. The estimate does not require S and T to commute.

This bound is a reusable stability estimate for matrix square roots and inverse-square-root regularity.

Original Lean declaration header

Within namespace FunctionalInequalities.Analysis. Shown in its original module context. Proof omitted.

theorem root_difference_bound (S T : Matrix ι ι ℝ) {a b : ℝ}
    (hS : QuadraticFloor S a) (hT : QuadraticFloor T b) (hSym : ∀ i j, T i j = T j i) :
    (a + b) * ‖matrixEntries (S - T)‖ ≤ ‖matrixEntries (S * S - T * T)‖

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Module: Analysis/Matrix/Positivity.

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Source excerpt, lines 247–249 · Frozen source 408915f.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_KLSModular_FunctionalInequalities_Analysis_Matrix_Positivity

variable {ι κ : Type*} [Fintype ι] [Fintype κ]
variable [DecidableEq ι]
Formal statement

theorem FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.root_difference_bound_readable (S T : Matrix ι ι ℝ) {a b : ℝ}
    (hS : QuadraticFloor S a) (hT : QuadraticFloor T b) (hSym : ∀ i j, T i j = T j i) :
    (a + b) * ‖matrixEntries (S - T)‖ ≤ ‖matrixEntries (S * S - T * T)‖ := by sorry
Source
Lean source: https://github.com/human-ai-mathematics/kls-lean/blob/408915f/formalization/FunctionalInequalities/Analysis/Matrix/Positivity.lean#L245-L268 (repository human-ai-mathematics/kls-lean, commit 408915f, module `FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.Matrix.Positivity`, declaration `FunctionalInequalities.Analysis.root_difference_bound`; the repository is private at upload time).

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