Complex trace Hölder inequality below exponent two

Proved

QuantumChannelContinuity.complex_trace_holder_lt_two

by JWang226 · Oct 8, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

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Let $H$ be a nonzero finite-dimensional complex Hilbert space and let $p,q>1$ satisfy $1/p+1/q=1$ , with $p<2$ . For arbitrary operators $A,B$ ,

|\operatorname{Tr}(A^*B)|\le(\operatorname{Re}\operatorname{Tr}[(AA^*)^{p/2}])^{1/p}(\operatorname{Re}\operatorname{Tr}[(BB^*)^{q/2}])^{1/q}.

No positivity, support, or invertibility conditions are placed on $A$ or $B$ . This is the singular-operator trace Hölder inequality in the lower-exponent range.

Preamble

import Mathlib.Algebra.Central.End
import Mathlib.Algebra.Star.UnitaryStarAlgAut
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.CompletelyPositiveMap
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.Continuity
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.Order
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.Unique
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.ContinuousLinearMap
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.Matrix
import Mathlib.Analysis.CStarAlgebra.Unitary.Span
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Order
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Continuous
import Mathlib.Analysis.Convex.Integral
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Adjoint
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.JointEigenspace
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.PiL2
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Spectrum
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.StarOrder
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.TensorProduct
import Mathlib.Analysis.InnerProductSpace.Trace
import Mathlib.Analysis.Matrix.HermitianFunctionalCalculus
import Mathlib.Analysis.Matrix.Order
import Mathlib.Analysis.MeanInequalities
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Algebra.Exponential
import Mathlib.Analysis.Normed.Lp.PiLp
import Mathlib.Analysis.RCLike.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.ExpLog.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.Rpow.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.ContinuousFunctionalCalculus.Rpow.Order
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Exponential
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Integrals.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.Base
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Log.NegMulLog
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dimension.Finite
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dimension.Free
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Dimension.StrongRankCondition
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Eigenspace.Minpoly
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Lagrange
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.PosDef
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.ToLin
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.TensorProduct.Basis
import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Trace
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Group.Integral
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Integral.IntervalIntegral.FundThmCalculus
import Mathlib.MeasureTheory.Measure.Haar.Basic
import Mathlib.RingTheory.Flat.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic
import Mathlib.Tactic.Abel
import Mathlib.Tactic.Linarith
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Module.FiniteDimension
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Module.LinearMapPiProd
import Mathlib.Topology.Algebra.Star.Unitary
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_CFCDeriv
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_HaarUnitary
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_SandwichedQuasiJensen_part_3
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_SandwichedRenyiNonNeg_part_5
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_SandwichedRenyiRelativeEntropy_part_3
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_SandwichedRenyiUmegaki_part_2
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_TensorCFC
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumEntropy_YoungInequality_part_2
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumMechanics_QuantumChannel_part_4
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_QuantumMechanics_QuantumState
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_BlockDiagonal
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_GeneralizedPerspectiveFunction
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_HilbertSchmidtOperatorSpace
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_JensenOperatorInequality
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_JensenOperatorInequalityIImpIV_part_2
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_LiebAndoTrace_part_2
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_LownerHeinzCore_part_3
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_LownerHeinzTheorem
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_Quantum_TraceInequality_OperatorGeometricMean
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_Channels
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_DivergenceSchatten
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_Filter
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_FilterTensor
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_Foundations
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_Schatten
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_StabilizedSchatten
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_TensorChannels
import Definitions.Def_CRCD_QuantumChannelContinuity_TensorOrder

/-
Copyright (c) 2026 Jinzhao Wang. All rights reserved.
Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
Authors: Jinzhao Wang (AI-assisted formalization)
-/



/-!
# Complex trace Hölder

The bound is proved from Hilbert–Schmidt Cauchy–Schwarz and the already
proved positive-operator trace Hölder inequality. Positive regularization
handles all singular operators.
-/

open QuantumState QuantumChannel SandwichedRenyiRelativeEntropy
open scoped ComplexOrder MatrixOrder NNReal Topology

namespace QuantumChannelContinuity
end QuantumChannelContinuity
open QuantumChannelContinuity

set_option maxHeartbeats 1500000
set_option maxRecDepth 8192
set_option synthInstance.maxHeartbeats 100000
set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency false

universe u
variable {H : Type u} [Qudit H]

Formal statement

theorem QuantumChannelContinuity.complex_trace_holder_lt_two [Nontrivial H] {p q : ℝ}
    (hpq : p.HolderConjugate q) (hp2 : p < 2) (A B : L H) :
    ‖Tr (star A * B)‖ ≤ (Tr (CFC.rpow (A * star A) (p / 2))).re ^ (1 / p) *
      (Tr (CFC.rpow (B * star B) (q / 2))).re ^ (1 / q) := by sorry

Source

https://github.com/JWang226/Continuity-of-regularized-channel-renyi-divergence/blob/e29274a69978bb499f00497481c6008befb0b84d/QuantumChannelContinuity/ComplexTraceHolder.lean#L200-L227

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