The Lifshits--Krein trace formula and operator Lipschitz functions

Abstract

We describe the maximal class of functions $f$ on the real line, for which the Lifshitz--Krein trace formula $\operatorname{trace}(f(A)-f(B))=\int_{\Bbb R} f'(s)\boldsymbol{\xi}(s)\,ds$ holds for arbitrary self-adjoint operators $A$ and $B$ with $A-B$ in the trace class $\boldsymbol{S}_1$. We prove that this class of functions coincide with the class of operator Lipschitz functions.