Functions of operators under perturbations of class $\bS_p$

A. B. Aleksandrov, V. V. Peller

Published 2009-08-25Version 1

This is a continuation of our paper \cite{AP2}. We prove that for functions $f$ in the H\"older class $\L_\a(\R)$ and $1<p<\be$, the operator $f(A)-f(B)$ belongs to $\bS_{p/\a}$, whenever $A$ and $B$ are self-adjoint operators with $A-B\in\bS_p$. We also obtain sharp estimates for the Schatten--von Neumann norms $\big\|f(A)-f(B)\big\|_{\bS_{p/\a}}$ in terms of $\|A-B\|_{\bS_p}$ and establish similar results for other operator ideals. We also estimate Schatten--von Neumann norms of higher order differences $\sum\limits_{j=0}^m(-1)^{m-j}(m\j)f\big(A+jK\big)$. We prove that analogous results hold for functions on the unit circle and unitary operators and for analytic functions in the unit disk and contractions. Then we find necessary conditions on $f$ for $f(A)-f(B)$ to belong to $\bS_q$ under the assumption that $A-B\in\bS_p$. We also obtain Schatten--von Neumann estimates for quasicommutators $f(A)Q-Qf(B)$, and introduce a spectral shift function and find a trace formula for operators of the form $f(A-K)-2f(A)+f(A+K)$.