Self-adjoint Analytic Operator Functions: Local Spectral Function and Inner Linearization

In this note we continue the study of spectral properties of a self-adjoint analytic operator function A(z) that was started in [5]. It is shown that if A(z) satisfies the Virozub–Matsaev condition on some interval Δ₀ and is boundedly invertible in the endpoints of Δ₀, then the ‘embedding’ of the original Hilbert space into the Hilbert space , where the linearization of A(z) acts, is in fact an isomorphism between a subspace of and . As a consequence, properties of the local spectral function of A(z) on Δ₀ and a so-called inner linearization of the operator function A(z) in the subspace are established.      

Ergodic Properties for Regular A-Contractions

The current article pleads for the possibility to obtain an orthogonal decomposition of a Hilbert space which is induced by a regular A-contraction defined in [9, 10], A being a positive operator on . The decomposition generalizes the well-known decomposition related to a contraction T of , which gives the ergodic character of T. This decomposition is being used to prove certain versions for regular A-contractions of the mean ergodic theorem, as well as a version of Patil’s theorem from [8]. Also, we characterize the solutions of corresponding functional equations in the range of A^1/2, by analogy with the result of Lin-Sine in [7].     

Some properties of essential spectra of a positive operator, II

Let T be a positive operator on a Banach lattice E. Some properties of Weyl essential spectrum σ_ew(T), in particular, the equality , where is the set of all compact operators on E, are established. If r(T) does not belong to Fredholm essential spectrum σ_ef(T), then for every a ≠ 0, where T₋₁ is a residue of the resolvent R(., T) at r(T). The new conditions for which implies , are derived. The question when the relation holds, where is Lozanovsky’s essential spectrum, will be considered. Lozanovsky’s order essential spectrum is introduced. A number of auxiliary results are proved. Among them the following generalization of Nikol’sky’s theorem: if T is an operator of index zero, then T = R + K, where R is invertible, K ≥ 0 is of finite rank. Under the natural assumptions (one of them is ) a theorem about the Frobenius normal form is proved: there exist T-invariant bands such that if , where , then an operator on D_i is band irreducible.      

Some Properties of Essential Spectra of a Positive Operator

Let E be a Banach lattice, T be a bounded operator on E. The Weyl essential spectrum σ_ew(T) of the operator T is a set , where is a set of all compact operators on E. In particular for a positive operator T next subsets of the spectrum

Contractions Satisfying the Absolute Value Property

Let B(H) denote the algebra of operators on a complex Hilbert space H, and let U denote the class of operators which satisfy the absolute value condition . It is proved that if is a contraction, then either A has a nontrivial invariant subspace or A is a proper contraction and the nonnegative operator is strongly stable. A Putnam-Fuglede type commutativity theorem is proved for contractions A in , and it is shown that if normal subspaces of . It is proved that if are reducing, then every compact operator in the intersection of the weak closure of the range of the derivation with the commutant of A* is quasinilpotent.     

On the Root Functions of General Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

We consider a boundary value problem for an elliptic differential operator of order 2m in a domain . The boundary of is smooth outside a smooth manifold Y of dimension 0 ≤ q < n − 1, and bears edge type singularities along Y . The Lopatinskii condition is assumed to be fulfilled on the smooth part of . The corresponding spaces are weighted Sobolev spaces , and this allows one to define ellipticity of weight γ for the problem. The resolvent of the problem is assumed to possess rays of minimal growth. The main result says that if there are rays of minimal growth with angles between neighbouring rays not exceeding π(γ + 2m)/n, then the root functions of the problem are complete in . In the case of second order elliptic equations the results remain true for all domains with Lipschitz boundary. Communicated by Michael Shapiro. Submitted: May 24, 2006; Accepted: June 15, 2006     

An Operator-valued Berezin Transform and the Class of <Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-Hypercontractions

We study an operator-valued Berezin transform corresponding to certain standard weighted Bergman spaces of square integrable analytic functions in the unit disc. The study of this operator-valued Berezin transform relates in a natural way to the study of the class of n-hypercontractions on Hilbert space introduced by Agler. To an n-hypercontraction we associate a positive -valued operator measure dω _{n, T} supported on the closed unit disc in a way that generalizes the above notion of operator-valued Berezin transform. This construction of positive operator measures dω _{n, T} gives a natural functional calculus for the class of n-hypercontractions. We revisit also the operator model theory for the class of n-hypercontractions. The new results here concern certain canonical features of the theory. The operator model theory for the class of n-hypercontractions gives information about the structure of the positive operator measures dω _{n, T} .     

Operator Matrices: SVEP and Weyl’s Theorem

It is known that if and are Banach space operators with the single-valued extension property, SVEP, then the matrix operator has SVEP for every operator and hence obeys Browder’s theorem. This paper considers conditions on operators A, B, and M₀ ensuring Weyls theorem for operators M_C.     

Non- (Quantum) Differentiable C 1-Functions in the Spaces with Trivial Boyd Indices

If E is a separable symmetric sequence space with trivial Boyd indices and is the corresponding ideal of compact operators, then there exists a C¹-function f_E, a self-adjoint element and a densely defined closed symmetric derivation δ on such that , but      

Passive Systems with a Normal Main Operator and Quasi-selfadjoint Systems

Passive systems with and as an input and output space and as a state space are considered in the case that the main operator on the state space is normal. Basic properties are given and a general unitary similarity result involving some spectral theoretic conditions on the main operator is established. A passive system with is said to be quasi-selfadjoint if ran . The subclass of the Schur class is the class formed by all transfer functions of quasi-selfadjoint passive systems. The subclass is characterized and minimal passive quasi-selfadjoint realizations are studied. The connection between the transfer function belonging to the subclass and the Q-function of T is given. Received: December 16, 2007., Accepted: March 4, 2008.     

Localization Operators and Exponential Weights for Modulation Spaces

We study localization operators within the framework of ultradistributions. More precisely, given a symbol a and two windows φ₁, φ₂, we investigate the multilinear mapping from to the localization operator Results are formulated in terms of modulation spaces with weights which may have exponential growth. We give sufficient and necessary conditions for a to be bounded or to belong to a Schatten class. As an application, we study symbols defined by ultra-distributions with compact support, that give trace class localization operators.     

L 1 factorizations and invariant subspaces for weighted composition operators

For a contraction operator T with spectral radius less than one on a Banach space , it is shown that the factorization of certain L¹ functions by vectors x in and x*. in , in the sense that for n ≧ 0, implies the existence of invariant subspaces for T. Explicit formulae for such factorizations are given in the case of weighted composition operators on reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. An interpolation result of McPhail is applied to show how this can be used to construct invariant subspaces of hyperbolic weighted composition operators on H². Received: 1 November 2005     

High Order Singular Rank One Perturbations of a Positive Operator

In this paper self-adjoint realizations in Hilbert and Pontryagin spaces of the formal expression are discussed and compared. Here L is a positive self-adjoint operator in a Hilbert space with inner product 〈·,·〉, α is a real parameter, and φ in the rank one perturbation is a singular element belonging to with n ≥ 3, where is the scale of Hilbert spaces associated with L in      

Riesz Idempotent and Algebraically M-hyponormal Operators

Let T be an M-hyponormal operator acting on infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space and let be the Riesz idempotent for λ₀, where D is a closed disk of center λ₀ which contains no other points of σ (T). In this note we show that E is self-adjoint and As an application, if T is an algebraically M-hyponormal operator then we prove : (i) Weyl’s theorem holds for f(T) for every (ii) a-Browder’s theorem holds for f(S) for every and f ∈ H(σ(S)); (iii) the the spectral mapping theorem holds for the Weyl spectrum of T and for the essential approximate point spectrum of T.     

Elliptic operators with unbounded diffusion coefficients in L 2 spaces with respect to invariant measures

We study the self-adjoint and dissipative realization A of a second order elliptic differential operator with unbounded regular coefficients in , where μ(dx) = ρ (x)dx is the associated invariant measure. We prove a maximal regularity result under suitable assumptions, that generalize the well known conditions in the case of constant diffusion part. Dedicated to Giuseppe Da Prato on the occasion of his 70th birthday     

Schur Complements in Krein Spaces

The aim of this work is to generalize the notions of Schur complements and shorted operators to Krein spaces. Given a (bounded) J-selfadjoint operator A (with the unique factorization property) acting on a Krein space and a suitable closed subspace of , the Schur complement of A to is defined. The basic properties of are developed and different characterizations are given, most of them resembling those of the shorted of (bounded) positive operators on a Hilbert space. To the memory of Professor Mischa Cotlar     

Complete Positivity of Elementary Operators on C*-Algebras

Let be a C*-algebra. We obtain some conditions that are equivalent to the statement that every n-positive elementary operator on is completely positive.     

On the Range of the Aluthge Transform

Let be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a complex separable Hilbert space For an operator let be the Aluthge transform of T and we define for all where T = U|T| is a polar decomposition of T. In this short note, we consider an elementary property of the range of Δ. We prove that R(Δ) is neither closed nor dense in However R(Δ) is strongly dense if is infinite dimensional. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Uniformly summing sets of operators on spaces of vector–valued continuous functions

Let X, Y be Banach spaces. We say that a set is uniformly p–summing if the series is uniformly convergent for whenever (x_n) belongs to . We consider uniformly summing sets of operators defined on a -space and prove, in case X does not contain a copy of c₀, that is uniformly summing iff is, where T (φ x) = (T^#φ) x for all and x∈X. We also characterize the sets with the property that is uniformly summing viewed in . Received: 1 July 2005     

Nonarchimedean Cantor set and string

We construct a nonarchimedean (or p-adic) analogue of the classical ternary Cantor set . In particular, we show that this nonarchimedean Cantor set is self-similar. Furthermore, we characterize as the subset of 3-adic integers whose elements contain only 0’s and 2’s in their 3-adic expansions and prove that is naturally homeomorphic to . Finally, from the point of view of the theory of fractal strings and their complex fractal dimensions [7, 8], the corresponding nonarchimedean Cantor string resembles the standard archimedean (or real) Cantor string perfectly. Dedicated to Vladimir Arnold, on the occasion of his jubilee