99-357 Vadim Kostrykin

Concavity of Eigenvalue Sums and The Spectral Shift Function (36K, LaTeX 2e) Sep 27, 99

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Abstract. It is well known that the sum of negative (positive) eigenvalues of some finite Hermitian matrix $V$ is concave (convex) with respect to $V$. Using the theory of the spectral shift function we generalize this property to self-adjoint operators on separable Hilbert space with an arbitrary spectrum. More precisely, we prove that the spectral shift function integrated with respect to the spectral parameter from $-\infty$ to $\lambda$ (from $\lambda$ to $+\infty$) is concave (convex) with respect to trace class perturbations. The case of relative trace class perturbations is also considered.

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