Extension theorems for Fredholm and invertibility symbols

This paper is a continuation of [GK3] where the theory of Invertibility Symbol in Banach algebras was developed. In the present paper we generalize these results for the case when the Invertibility Symbol is defined on a subalgebra of the Banach algebras. The difficulty which arises here in this more general case is connected with the fact that some elements of the subalgebra may have the inverses which do not belong to the subalgebra. This generalization of the theory allows us to study the Fredholm Symbols of linear operators. Applications to subalgebras generated by two idempotents and to algebras generated by singular integral operators are presented.     

Maximal Abelian von Neumann Algebras and Toeplitz Operators with Separately Radial Symbols

This paper mainly concerns abelian von Neumann algebras generated by Toeplitz operators on weighted Bergman spaces. Recently a family of abelian w^*-closed Toeplitz algebras has been obtained (see [5,6,7,8]). We show that this algebra is maximal abelian and is singly generated by a Toeplitz operator with a “common” symbol. A characterization for Toeplitz operators with radial symbols is obtained and generalized to the high dimensional case. We give several examples for abelian von Neumann algebras in the case of high dimensional weighted Bergman spaces, which are different from the one dimensional case.     

On C*-Algebras of Toeplitz Operators on the Harmonic Bergman Space

Commutative algebras of Toeplitz operators acting on the Bergman space on the unit disk have been completely classified in terms of geometric properties of the symbol class. The question when two Toeplitz operators acting on the harmonic Bergman space commute is still open. In some papers, conditions on the symbols have been given in order to have commutativity of two Toeplitz operators. In this paper, we describe three different algebras of Toeplitz operators acting on the harmonic Bergman space: The C*-algebra generated by Toeplitz operators with radial symbols, in the elliptic case; the C*-algebra generated by Toeplitz operators with piecewise continuous symbols, in the parabolic and hyperbolic cases. We prove that the Calkin algebra of the first two algebras are commutative, like in the case of the Bergman space, while the last one is not.     

A duality for Boolean algebras with operators

Jónsson and Tarski's extension and representation theorems for Boolean algebras with operators ([7], p. 926 and p. 933) can be extended to homomorphisms between these algebras. The result obtained takes the form of a duality between the category of Boolean algebras with operators and that of the “algebras in the wider sense” (whose subjects are defined in [7]) with a suitable topology. This duality generalizes results of Pierce ([10], p. 38). Moreover, it can be extended to more general objects such as Boolean algebras with non-normal operators and even to arbitrary distributive lattices with operators.     

Exact sequences of algebras generated by singular integral operators

An abstract theorem concerning exact sequences of Banach algebras of operators and symbol homomorphisms relative to groups of operators is derived. This general result is used to deduce many of the classical spectral inclusion theorems and short exact sequences for algebras of singular integral operators.This work partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.     

Two Projection Theorems and Symbol Calculus for Operators with Massive Local Spectra

In this paper we construct a symbol calculus for Banach algebras generated by two idempotents and a coefficient algebra. This, combined with local principles for ?embedding algebras”?, leads to a symbol calculus for singular integral operators on spaces with Muckenhoupt weight and for singular integral operators with measurable coefficients.     

Regularities in Noncommutative Banach Algebras

In this paper we introduce regularities and subspectra in a unital noncommutative Banach algebra and prove that there is a correspondence between them similar to the commutative case. This correspondence involves a radical on a class of Banach algebras equipped with a subspectrum. Taylor and Slodkowski spectra for noncommutative tuples of bounded linear operators are the main examples of subspectra in the noncommutative case.      

Separability and decidability results for varieties of Jónsson dynamic algebras

Dynamic algebras are algebraic counterparts of dynamic logics: propositional logical systems endowed with a set of modal operators. In [18], B. Jónsson introduced dynamic algebras as Boolean algebras with unary operators, the indices of which range over a given Kleene algebra. On the other hand, V.R. Pratt and D. Kozen proposed a two-sorted approach to dynamic algebras, which was followed in the early papers on the topic, such as Fischer and Ladner [15] and Németi [28]. For a recent overview of the field cf. [4]. In the present paper we investigate connections (as well as diversities) between these two approaches. Our main aim is to transfer (where possible) two-sorted results on separability and decidability to the one-sorted case and to extend them to broad classes of varieties of Jónsson dynamic algebras. In particular, as a consequence of such considerations, we obtain a decidability result on Kleene algebras.     

Lie algebras and recurrence relations I

We study representations of the Heisenberg-Weyl algebra and a variety of Lie algebras, e.g., su(2), related through various aspects of the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators, the theory of orthogonal polynomials, and basic quantum theory. The approach taken here enables extensions from the one-variable case to be made in a natural manner. Extensions to certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebras (continuous tensor products, q-analogs) can be found as well. Particularly, we discuss the relationship between generating functions and representations of Lie algebras, spectral theory for operators that lead to systems of orthogonal polynomials and, importantly, the precise connection between the representation theory of Lie algebras and classical probability distributions is presented via the notions of quantum probability theory. Coincidentally, our theory is closed connected to the study of exponential families with quadratic variance in statistical theory.     

Generalized Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on some Uniform Algebras of Analytic Functions

We compute the essential norm of a composition operator relatively to the class of Dunford-Pettis operators or weakly compact operators, on some uniform algebras of analytic functions. Even in the context of H^∞ (resp. the disk algebra), this is new, as well for the polydisk algebras and the polyball algebras. This is a consequence of a general study of weighted composition operators.      

Invariant Subspaces of Subgraded Lie Algebras of Compact Operators

We show that finitely subgraded Lie algebras of compact operators have invariant subspaces when conditions of quasinilpotence are imposed on certain components of the subgrading. This allows us to obtain some useful information about the structure of such algebras. As an application, we prove a number of results on the existence of invariant subspaces for algebraic structures of compact operators, in particular for Jordan algebras and Lie triple systems of Volterra operators. Along the way we obtain new criteria for the triangularizability of a Lie algebra of compact operators. The support received from INTAS project No 06-1000017-8609 is gratefully acknowledged by the third author.     

Stability of the Blok Theorem

W. Blok proved that varieties of boolean algebras with a single unary operator uniquely determined by their class of perfect algebras (i.e., duals of Kripke frames) are exactly those which are intersections of conjugate varieties of splitting algebras. The remaining ones share their class of perfect algebras with uncountably many other varieties. This theorem is known as the Blok dichotomy or the Blok alternative. We show that the Blok dichotomy holds when perfect algebras in the formulation are replaced by ω-complete algebras, atomic algebras with completely additive operators or algebras admitting residuals. We also generalize the Blok dichotomy for lattices of varieties of boolean algebras with finitely many unary operators. In addition, we answer a question posed by W. Dziobiak and show that classes of lattice-complete algebras or duals of Scott-Montague frames in a given variety are not determined by their subdirectly irreducible members. Received February 14, 2006; accepted in final form March 26, 2007.     

Commutant lifting theorem and interpolation in discrete nest algebras

Ball in [Ba] showed that the commutant lifting theorem for the nest algebras due to Paulsen and Power gives a unified approach to a wide class of interpolation problems for nest algebras. By restricting our attention to the case when nest algebras associated with the problems are discrete we derive a variant of the commutant lifting theorem which avoids language of representation theory and which is sufficient to treat an analog of the generalized Schur-Nevannlinna-Pick (SNP) problem in the setting of upper triangular operators.     

Affine Gelfand-Dickey brackets and holomorphic vector bundles

We define the (second) Adler-Gelfand-Dickey Poisson structure on differential operators over an elliptic curve and classify symplectic leaves of this structure. This problem leads to the problem of classification of coadjoint orbits for double loop algebras, conjugacy classes in loop groups, and holomorphic vector bundles over the elliptic curve. We show that symplectic leaves have a finite but (unlike the traditional case of operators on the circle) arbitrarily large codimension, and compute it explicitly.     

Norm closure and extension of the symbolic calculus for the cone algebra

We investigate the symbolic structure of an algebra of pseudodifferential operators on manifolds with conical singularities which has been introduced by B.-W. Schulze. Our main objective is the extension of the symbolic calculus of this algebra to its norm closure in an adapted scale of Sobolev spaces. This procedure yields Banach algebras and Fréchet algebras of singular integral operators with continuous principal symbols.     

Dynamic effect algebras

We introduce the so-called tense operators in lattice effect algebras. Tense operators express the quantifiers “it is always going to be the case that” and “it has always been the case that” and hence enable us to express the dimension of time in the logic of quantum mechanics. We present an axiomatization of these tense operators and prove that every lattice effect algebra whose underlying lattice is complete can be equipped with tense operators. Such an effect algebra is called dynamic since it reflects changes of quantum events from past to future.     

On left and right uninorms on a finite chain

The main concern of this paper is to introduce and characterize the class of operators on a finite chain L, having the same properties of pseudosmooth uninorms but without commutativity. Moreover, in this case it will only be required the existence of a one-side neutral element. These operators are characterized as combinations of AND and OR operators of directed algebras (smooth t-norms and smooth t-conorms) and the case of pseudosmooth uninorms is retrieved for the commutative case.     

On continuity of the spectral radius function in Banach algebras

Summary This paper deals with the problem of the continuity of the spectral radius function in abstract Banach algebras. A new sufficient condition for the continuity of the function above at a point of a Banach algebra (which generalizes the already known ones and, in the particular case of the algebra of all linear and continuous operators on a separable Hilbert space, is also necessary for continuity of spectral radius) is given. Such a condition, in the algebra of all linear and continuous operators on a generic Banach space, is less restrictive than the already known ones, as several examplex show.     

Interior and closure operators on bounded residuated lattices

Bounded integral residuated lattices form a large class of algebras containing some classes of algebras behind many valued and fuzzy logics. In the paper we introduce and investigate multiplicative interior and additive closure operators (mi- and ac-operators) generalizing topological interior and closure operators on such algebras. We describe connections between mi- and ac-operators, and for residuated lattices with Glivenko property we give connections between operators on them and on the residuated lattices of their regular elements.