Generalized Buzano Inequality

Abstract

If $P$ is an orthogonal projection defined on an inner product space $\mathcal{H}$, then the inequality $$ |\langle Px, y\rangle|\leq \frac12 [\|x\|\|y\|+|\langle x, y\rangle|] $$ fulfills for any $x,y \in \mathcal{H}$ (see \cite{Dra16}). In particular, when $P$ is the identity operator, then it recovers the famous Buzano inequality. We obtain generalizations of such classical inequality, which hold for certain families of bounded linear operators defined on $\mathcal{H}$. In addition, several new inequalities involving the norm and numerical radius of an operator are established.