Stability of discrete-time positive evolution operators on ordered Banach spaces and applications

In this paper we discuss stability problems for a class of discrete-time evolution operators generated by linear positive operators acting on certain ordered Banach spaces. Our approach is based upon a new representation result that links a positive operator with the adjoint operator of its restriction to a Hilbert subspace formed by sequences of Hilbert–Schmidt operators. This class includes the evolution operators involved in stability and optimal control problems for linear discrete-time stochastic systems. The inclusion is strict because, following the results of Choi, we have proved that there are positive operators on spaces of linear, bounded and self-adjoint operators which have not the representation that characterize the completely positive operators. As applications, we introduce a new concept of weak-detectability for pairs of positive operators, which we use to derive sufficient conditions for the existence of global and stabilizing solutions for a class of generalized discrete-time Riccati equations. Finally, assuming weak-detectability conditions and using the method of Lyapunov equations we derive a new stability criterion for positive evolution operators.     

Positive set‐operators of low complexity

The powerset operator, ??, is compared with other operators of similar type and logical complexity. Namely we examine positive operators whose defining formula has a canonical form containing at most a string of universal quantifiers. We call them ?‐operators. The question we address in this paper is: How is the class of ?‐operators generated ? It is shown that every positive ?‐operator Γ such that Γ(??) ≠ ??, is finitely generated from ??, the identity operator Id, constant operators and certain trivial ones by composition, ∪ and ∩. This extends results of [3] concerning bounded positive operators.     

A Perron-Frobenius theorem for positive polynomial operators in Banach lattices

In this paper, we extend the Perron-Frobenius theorem for positive polynomial operators in Banach lattices. The result obtained is applied to derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the stability of positive polynomial operators. Then we study stability radii: complex, real and positive radii of positive polynomial operators and show that in this case the three radii coincide and can be computed by a simple formula. Finally, a simple example is given to illustrate the obtained results.     

Positive Absolutely Summing Operators on the Köthe Spaces

In this paper we characterize the positive absolutely summing operators on the Köthe space E(X), with X a Banach lattice, extending a previous result. We prove that a composition operator of two positive absolutely summing operators is a positive absolutely summing operator. An interpolation result for the positive absolutely summing operators is obtained.     

Compactness properties of operators dominated by AM-compact operators

We study several properties about the problem of domination in the class of positive AM-compact operators, and we obtain some interesting consequences on positive compact operators. Also, we give a sufficient condition under which a Banach lattice is discrete.

     

About positive weak Dunford-Pettis operators on Banach lattices

We characterize Banach lattices for which each positive weak Dunford-Pettis operator from a Banach lattice into another dual Banach lattice is almost Dunford-Pettis. Also, we give some sufficient and necessary conditions for which the class of positive weak Dunford-Pettis operators coincides with that of positive Dunford-Pettis operators, and we derive some consequences.     

Approximation of functions of two variables by certain linear positive operators

We introduce certain linear positive operators and study some approximation properties of these operators in the space of functions, continuous on a compact set, of two variables. We also find the order of this approximation by using modulus of continuity. Moreover we define an rth order generalization of these operators and observe its approximation properties. Furthermore, we study the convergence of the linear positive operators in a weighted space of functions of two variables and find the rate of this convergence using weighted modulus of continuity.     

Invariant sublattices for positive operators

There are, by now, many results which guarantee that positive operators on Banach lattices have non-trivial closed invariant sublattices. In particular, this is true for every positive compact operator. Apart from some results of a general nature, in this paper we present several examples of positive operators on Banach lattices which do not have non-trivial closed invariant sublattices. These examples include both AM-spaces and Banach lattices with an order continuous norm and which are and are not atomic. In all these cases we can ensure that the operators do possess non-trivial closed invariant subspaces.     

Approximation properties of a generalization of positive linear operators

In the present paper we introduce a generalization of positive linear operators and obtain its Korovkin type approximation properties. The rates of convergence of this generalization is also obtained by means of modulus of continuity and Lipschitz type maximal functions. The second purpose of this paper is to obtain weighted approximation properties for the generalization of positive linear operators defined in this paper. Also we obtain a differential equation so that the second moment of our operators is a particular solution of it. Lastly, some Voronovskaja type asymptotic formulas are obtained for Meyer-König and Zeller type and Bleimann, Butzer and Hahn type operators.     

The iterative combinations of a new sequence of linear positive operators

In the present paper, we study a new sequence of linear positive operators. We obtain a Voronovskaja type asymptotic formula and an estimate on error in terms of higher-order modulus of continuity for the iterative combinations of the new sequence of linear positive operators. Here, we also note that the rates of convergence of these operators for bounded variation functions, for which one-sided limits f(ξ+) and f(ξ−) exist, are not analogous to the results of Gupta [1].     

Schur operators and domination problem

In this paper we are concerned with developing generalizing concepts of Dunford–Pettis operators analogous to the generalization of compact operators by strictly singular operators. Also, we give some new results concerning the domination problem in the setting of positive operators between Banach lattices.     

Positivity of Toeplitz operators on harmonic Bergman space

In this paper, we study positive Toeplitz operators on the harmonic Bergman space via their Berezin transforms. We consider the Toeplitz operators with continuous harmonic symbols on the closed disk and show that the Toeplitz operator is positive if and only if its Berezin transform is nonnegative on the disk. On the other hand, we construct a function such that the Toeplitz operator with this function as the symbol is not positive but its Berezin transform is positive on the disk. We also consider the harmonic Bergman space on the upper half plane and prove that in this case the positive Toeplitz operators with continuous integrable harmonic symbols must be the zero operator.     

Norm inequalities for the spectral spread of Hermitian operators

In this work, we introduce a new measure for the dispersion of the spectral scale of a Hermitian (self-adjoint) operator acting on a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space that we call spectral spread. Then, we obtain some submajorization inequalities involving the spectral spread of self-adjoint operators, that are related to Tao's inequalities for anti-diagonal blocks of positive operators, Kittaneh's commutator inequalities for positive operators and also related to the arithmetic–geometric mean inequality. In turn, these submajorization relations imply inequalities for unitarily invariant norms (in the compact case).     

Localization results for generalized Baskakov/Mastroianni and composite operators

In this paper we study localization results for classical sequences of linear positive operators that are particular cases of the generalized Baskakov/Mastroianni operators and also for certain class of composite operators that can be derived from them by means of a suitable transformation. Amongst these composite operators we can find classical sequences like the Meyer-König and Zeller operators and the Bleimann, Butzer and Hahn ones. We extend in different senses the traditional form of the localization results that we find in the classical literature and we show several examples of sequences with different behavior to this respect.     

Existence and extensions of positive linear operators

In this paper we develop some unified methods, based on the technique of the auxiliary sublinear operator, for obtaining extensions of positive linear operators. In the first part, a version of the Mazur-Orlicz theorem for ordered vector spaces is presented and then this theorem is used in diverse applications: decomposition theorems for operators and functionals, minimax theory and extensions of positive linear operators. In the second part, we give a general sufficient condition (an implication between two inequalities) for the existence of a monotone sublinear operator and of a positive linear operator. Some particular cases in which this condition becomes necessary are also studied. Dedicated to Prof. Romulus Cristescu on his 80th birthday     

The best asymptotic constant of a class of approximation operators

The best asymptotic constant was established by Esseen for Bernstein operators. In this paper, we extend Esseen's result to a class of linear positive operators and as byproduct we obtain the best asymptotic constant for Szász, Baskakov, Gamma, and B-Spline operators.     

Positive Refinable Operators

Recently, linear positive operators of Bernstein–Schoenberg type, relative to B-splines bases, have been considered. The properties of these operators are derived mainly from the total positivity of normalized B-spline bases. In this paper we shall construct a generalization of the operator considered in [15] by means of normalized totally positive bases generated by a particular class of totally positive scaling functions. Next, we shall study its approximation properties. Our results can be established also for more general sequences of normalized totally positive bases.     

Boundary Behaviour of Positive Solutions of Second-Order Parabolic Operators with Lower-Order Terms in a Half-Space

In this paper, we study the boundary behaviour of positive solutions of certain parabolic operators with lower order terms in a half-space. Basing on these results, we characterize the Martin boundary and show that any positive solution has an integral representation. We thus generalize to a large class of parabolic operators some results proved by Kaufman, Wu, Mair, and Taylor for the heat equation.