Schur product techniques for commuting multivariable weighted shifts

In this paper we study the hyponormality and subnormality of 2-variable weighted shifts using the Schur product techniques in matrices. As applications, we generalize the result in [R. Curto, J. Yoon, Jointly hyponormal pairs of subnormal operators need not be jointly subnormal, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006) 5135-5159, Theorem 5.2] and give a non-trivial, large class satisfying the Curto-Muhly-Xia conjecture [R. Curto, P. Muhly, J. Xia, Hyponormal pairs of commuting operators, Oper. Theory Adv. Appl. 35 (1988) 1-22] for 2-variable weighted shifts. Further, we give a complete characterization of hyponormality and subnormality in the class of flat, contractive, 2-variable weighted shifts T≡(T₁,T₂) with the condition that the norm of the 0th horizontal 1-variable weighted shift of T is a given constant.     

Criteria for positively quadratically hyponormal weighted shifts

For bounded linear operators on Hilbert space, positive quadratic hyponormality is a property strictly between subnormality and hyponormality and which is of use in exploring the gap between these more familiar properties. Recently several related positively quadratically hyponormal weighted shifts have been constructed. In this note we establish general criteria for the positive quadratic hyponormality of weighted shifts which easily yield the results for these examples and other such weighted shifts.

     

Jointly hyponormal pairs of commuting subnormal operators need not be jointly subnormal

We construct three different families of commuting pairs of subnormal operators, jointly hyponormal but not admitting commuting normal extensions. Each such family can be used to answer in the negative a 1988 conjecture of R. Curto, P. Muhly and J. Xia. We also obtain a sufficient condition under which joint hyponormality does imply joint subnormality.

     

Quadratically Hyponormal Recursively Generated Weighted Shifts Need Not Be Positively Quadratically Hyponormal

We study a class of weighted shifts W _α defined by a recursively generated sequence α ≡ α₀, … , α _m−2, (α _m−1, α _m , α _m+1)^∧ and characterize the difference between quadratic hyponormality and positive quadratic hyponormality. We show that a shift in this class is positively quadratically hyponormal if and only if it is quadratically hyponormal and satisfies a finite number of conditions. Using this characterization, we give a new proof of [12, Theorem 4.6], that is, for m = 2, W _α is quadratically hyponormal if and only if it is positively quadratically hyponormal. Also, we give some new conditions for quadratic hyponormality of recursively generated weighted shift W _α (m ≥ 2). Finally, we give an example to show that for m ≥ 3, a quadratically hyponormal recursively generated weighted shift W _α need not be positively quadratically hyponormal.     

Spectral pictures of 2-variable weighted shifts

We study the spectral pictures of (jointly) hyponormal 2-variable weighted shifts with commuting subnormal components. By contrast with all known results in the theory of subnormal single and 2-variable weighted shifts, we show that the Taylor essential spectrum can be disconnected. We do this by obtaining a simple sufficient condition that guarantees disconnectedness, based on the norms of the horizontal slices of the shift. We also show that for every $k?1$ there exists a k-hyponormal 2-variable weighted shift whose horizontal and vertical slices have 1- or 2-atomic Berger measures, and whose Taylor essential spectrum is disconnected. To cite this article: R.E. Curto, J. Yoon, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 343 (2006).     

One-step extension of the Bergman shift

In this paper we answer a question of Curto and Fialkow: there exists a quadratically hyponormal weighted shift which is not positively quadratically hyponormal.

     

亚正常加权移位算子的谱刻画

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When does the k-hyponormality of a 2-variable weighted shift become subnormality?

In this article we construct a sequence of nontrivial classes of 2-variable weighted shifts such that the k-hyponormality of an arbitrary power of a member W(α,β) from Gk is equivalent to its subnormality.     

Weakly n-hyponormal Weighted Shifts and Their Examples

The gap between hyponormal and subnormal Hilbert space operators can be studied using the intermediate classes of weakly n-hyponormal and (strongly) n-hyponormal operators. The main examples for these various classes, particularly to distinguish them, have been the weighted shifts. In this paper we first obtain a characterization for a weakly n-hyponormal weighted shift W_α with weight sequence α, from which we extend some known results for quadratically hyponormal (i.e., weakly 2-hyponormal) weighted shifts to weakly n-hyponormal weighted shifts. In addition, we discuss some new examples for weakly n-hyponormal weighted shifts; one illustrates the differences among the classes of 2-hyponormal, quadratically hyponormal, and positively quadratically hyponormal operators.     

Quadratically hyponormal weighted shifts and their examples

We discuss some characterizations for the quadratical hyponormal unilateral weighted shiftW with a weight sequence , which give a distinction example for quadratical hyponormality and positively quadratical hyponormality. In addition, we consider a recursively quadratically hyponormal weighted shift with a recursive weight : {ie480-1} which is a back step extension of subnormal completion ofu,v, andw with0, and prove that the recursively weighted shiftW is quadratically hyponormal if and only if it is positively quadratically hyponormal.Research partially supported by KOSEF 971-0102-006-2 and the Basic Science Research Institute Program, Ministry of Education, 1997, BSRI-97-1401.     

Some Quadratically Hyponormal Weighted Shifts

In the study of the gaps between subnormality and hyponormality both quadratic hyponormality and the related property positive quadratic hyponormality have been considered, especially for weighted shift operators. In particular, these have been studied for shifts with the first two weights equal and with Bergman tail or recursively generated tail. In this article, we characterize the allowed first two equal weights for quadratic hyponormality with Bergman tail, and the allowed first two equal weights for positive quadratic hyponormality with recursively generated tail.      

Disintegration of Measures and Contractive 2-Variable Weighted Shifts

In this paper we give a new proof of the existence of disintegration measures using the Hausdorff Moment Problem on a Borel measurable space X × Y, where X ≡ Y is the unit interval. Using this new tool, we can give an abstract solution, moreover, and a concrete necessary condition for the Lifting Problem for contractive 2-variable weighted shifts. In addition, we have a new, computable, and sufficient condition for the Lifting Problem for 2-variable weighted shifts, and an improved version of the Curto-Muhly-Xia conjecture [8] for 2-variable weighted shifts.     

Hyponormality and subnormality for powers of commuting pairs of subnormal operators

Let H₀ (respectively H_∞) denote the class of commuting pairs of subnormal operators on Hilbert space (respectively subnormal pairs), and for an integer k?1 let Hk denote the class of k-hyponormal pairs in H₀. We study the hyponormality and subnormality of powers of pairs in Hk. We first show that if (T₁,T₂)∈H₁, the pair may fail to be in H₁. Conversely, we find a pair (T₁,T₂)∈H₀ such that but (T₁,T₂)∉H₁. Next, we show that there exists a pair (T₁,T₂)∈H₁ such that is subnormal (for all m,n?1), but (T₁,T₂) is not in H_∞; this further stretches the gap between the classes H₁ and H_∞. Finally, we prove that there exists a large class of 2-variable weighted shifts (T₁,T₂) (namely those pairs in H₀ whose cores are of tensor form (cf. Definition 3.4)), for which the subnormality of and does imply the subnormality of (T₁,T₂).     

Generalized Cauchy–Hankel matrices and their applications to subnormal operators

It is well‐known that for a general operator T on Hilbert space, if T is subnormal, then is subnormal for all natural numbers . It is also well‐known that if T is hyponormal, then T ² need not be hyponormal. However, for a unilateral weighted shift , the hyponormality of (detected by the condition for all ) does imply the hyponormality of every power . Conversely, we easily see that for a weighted shift is not hyponormal, therefore not subnormal, but is subnormal for all . Hence, it is interesting to note when for some , the subnormality of implies the subnormality of T . In this article, we construct a non trivial large class of weighted shifts such that for some , the subnormality of guarantees the subnormality of . We also prove that there are weighted shifts with non‐constant tail such that hyponormality of a power or powers does not guarantee hyponormality of the original one. Our results have a partial connection to the following two long‐open problems in Operator Theory: (i) characterize the subnormal operators having a square root; (ii) classify all subnormal operators whose square roots are also subnormal. Our results partially depend on new formulas for the determinant of generalized Cauchy–Hankel matrices and on criteria for their positive semi‐definiteness.     

Hyponormal Toeplitz Operators with Matrix-Valued Circulant Symbols

In this paper we are concerned with the hyponormality of Toeplitz operators with matrix-valued circulant symbols. We establish a necessary and sufficient condition for Toeplitz operators with matrix-valued partially circulant symbols to be hyponormal and also provide a rank formula for the self-commutator.     

A new approach to the 2-variable Subnormal Completion Problem

We study the Subnormal Completion Problem (SCP) for 2-variable weighted shifts. We use tools and techniques from the theory of truncated moment problems to give a general strategy to solve SCP. We then show that when all quadratic moments are known (equivalently, when the initial segment of weights consists of five independent data points), the natural necessary conditions for the existence of a subnormal completion are also sufficient. To calculate explicitly the associated Berger measure, we compute the algebraic variety of the associated truncated moment problem; it turns out that this algebraic variety is precisely the support of the Berger measure of the subnormal completion.     

One-Step Extensions of Subnormal 2-Variable Weighted Shifts

We study one-step extensions of 2-variable weighted shifts. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the subnormality of such extensions, by using backward extensions, disintegration of measures, and k-hyponormality techniques from the theory of 2-variable weighted shifts. We apply our results to solve an interpolation problem for measures on ${\mathbb{R}_+^2}$ .     

Aluthge iterations of weighted translation semigroups

The problem whether Aluthge iteration of bounded operators on a Hilbert space H is convergent was introduced in [I. Jung, E. Ko, C. Pearcy, Aluthge transforms of operators, Integral Equations Operator Theory 37 (2000) 437-448]. And the problem whether the hyponormal operators on H with dimH=∞ has a convergent Aluthge iteration under the strong operator topology remains an open problem [I. Jung, E. Ko, C. Pearcy, The iterated Aluthge transform of an operator, Integral Equations Operator Theory 45 (2003) 375-387]. In this note we consider symbols with a fractional monotone property which generalizes hyponormality and 2-expansivity on weighted translation semigroups, and prove that if {St} is a weighted translation semigroup whose symbol has the fractional monotone property, then its Aluthge iteration converges to a quasinormal operator under the strong operator topology.     

Kernels of Hankel operators and hyponormality of Toeplitz operators

We give a formula for and describe when . We explore the hyponormality of Toeplitz operators whose symbols are of circulant type and some more general types. In addition, we discuss formulas for and estimates of the rank of the self-commutator of a hyponormal Toeplitz operator. Received September 17, 1999 / Revised May 25, 2000 / Published online December 8, 2000     

ON REFLEXIVITY OF HYPONORMAL AND WEIGHTED SHIFT OPERATORS

By an elementary proof, we use a result of Conway and Dudziak to show that if A is a hyponormal operator with spectral radius r(A) such that its spectrum is the closed disc {z:|z| ≤ r(A)} then A is reflexive. Using this result, we give a simple proof of a result of Bercovici, Foias, and Pearcy on reflexivity of shift operators. Also, it is shown that every power of an invertible bilateral weighted shift is reflexive.