Telescoping bound for products of operators
= Telescoping bound for products of operators
If $A_j$ and $B_j$ have <operator norm> at most one, then inserting and subtracting one factor at a time gives
$$
\left\|\prod_{j=1}^mA_j-\prod_{j=1}^mB_j\right\|
\leq\sum_{j=1}^m\|A_j-B_j\|.
$$