We consider functions f (T, R) of pairs of noncommuting contractions on Hilbert space and study the problem for which functions f we have Lipschitz type estimates in Schatten-von Neumann norms. We prove that if f belongs to the Besov class B 1 ∞,1 + (T 2 ) of nalytic functions in the bidisk, then we have a Lipschitz type estimate for functions f (T, R) of pairs of not necessarily commuting contractions (T, R) in the Schatten-von Neumann norms Sp for p ∈ [1, 2]. On the other hand, we show that for functions in B 1 ∞,1 + (T 2 ) there are no Lipschitz such type estimates for p > 2 as well as in the operator norm.
ContentsThe research of the first author is supposed by RFBR grant 17-01-00607. The publication was prepared with the support of the RUDN University Program 5-100.Corresponding author: V.V. Peller; email: peller@math.msu.edu. 1 This paper can be considered as a continuation of the results of [Pe1]-[Pe7], [AP1]-[AP4], [AP6], [APPS], [NP], [ANP], [PS] and [KPSS] for functions of perturbed selfadjoint operators, contractions, normal operators, dissipative operators, functions of collections of commuting operators and functions of collections of noncommuting operators.Recall that a Lipschitz function f on R does not have to be operator Lipschitz, i.e., the condition |f (x) − f (y)| ≤ const |x − y|, x, y ∈ R, does not imply thatfor arbitrary self-adjoint operators (bounded or unbounded, does not matter) A and B. This was first established in [F].It turned out that functions in the (homogeneous) Besov space B 1 ∞,1 (R) are operator Lipschitz; this was established in [Pe1] and [Pe3] (see [Pee] for detailed information about Besov classes). We refer the reader to the recent survey [AP4] for detailed information on operator Lipschitz functions. In particular, [AP4] presents various sufficient conditions and necessary conditions for a function on R to be operator Lipschitz. It is well known that if f is an operator Lipschitz function on R, and A and B are self-adjoint operators such that the difference A − B belongs to the Schatten-von Neumann class S p ,