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Determinant Bound for a Matrix Squeezed between a Negative Multiple of the Identity and Zero

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Reason: First published version: the determinant bound for a symmetric matrix squeezed between a negative multiple of the identity and the zero matrix, the form needed for the area inequality behind Jensen's lemma.

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Let nn be a natural number, let [n][n] be the initial segment determined by nn, and let R\mathbb{R} be the set of real numbers with the operations and the order \le of its ordered field structure, with the absolute value written |\cdot|. Let λR\lambda\in\mathbb{R} with 0λ0\le\lambda, and let AA be a symmetric real n×nn\times n matrix.

Let InI_{n} be the identity matrix, let 0n0_{n} be the real n×nn\times n matrix all of whose entries are 00, let μM\mu M denote the scalar multiple of a matrix MM by μR\mu\in\mathbb{R}, and let \preceq be the positive semidefinite ordering; the matrices 0n0_{n} and (λ)In(-\lambda)I_{n} are symmetric, since their entries satisfy Mij=MjiM_{ij}=M_{ji}. Determinants are read as in Row Properties of the Determinant and powers are those of Natural Number Power of an Element of a Field.

If

(λ)InA0n,(-\lambda)I_{n}\preceq A\preceq 0_{n},

then

detAλn.\bigl|\det A\bigr|\le\lambda^{n}.
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