Small compact perturbation of strongly irreducible operators

An operatorT onH is called strongly irreducible ifT is not similar to any reducible operators. In this paper, we shall say yes to answer the following question raised by D. A. Herrero.Given an operatorT with connected spectrum (T) and a positive number , can we find a compact operatorK with K < such thatT+K is strongly irreducible?Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(19901011), Mathematical Center of State Education Commission of China and 973 Project of China     

The closure of unitary orbit for strongly irreducible operators in a class of nest algebras

A linear operatorT L(H) is called a strongly irreducible, if there is no non-trivial idempotent linear operator commuting withT. In this paper, denote the set of all strongly irreducible operators by (SI). Let be a nest with infinite dimensional atoms, be the nest algebra associated with and be the closure of , then the following result is proved

Isometric dilations in nest algebras

LetT be a contraction acting in a separable Hilbert space and leaving invariant a nest of subspaces of . We answer the question: when doesT have an isometric extension to which leaves invariant the nest = {N N :N ;}.     

The spectral picture and the closure of the similarity orbit of strongly irreducible operators

An operator on a complex, separable, infinite dimensional Hilbert space is strongly irreducible if it does not commute with any nontrivial idempotent. This article answers the following questions of D. A. Herrero: (i) Given an operatorT with connected spectrum, can we find a strongly irreducible operatorL such that they have same spectral picture? (ii) When we use a sequence of irreducible operators to approximateT, can the approximation be the “most economic”? i.e., does there exist a strongly irreducible operatorL such thatT ∈S(L) ^? (the closure of the similarity orbit ofL)? It is shown that the answer for the two questions is yes.     

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.     

An irreducible semigroup of non-negative square-zero operators

We construct an irreducible multiplicative semigroup of non-negative square-zero operators acting onL ^p [0,1), for 1p<.The main idea for this paper was developed at the 2nd Linear Algebra Workshop at Bled, Slovenia, in June 1999.The work of the three Slovenian authors was supported by the Research Ministry of Slovenia.This author's work was supported by a Division grant from Colby College.     

Non-linear numerical radius isometries on atomic nest algebras and diagonal algebras

A nonlinear map φ between operator algebras is said to be a numerical radius isometry if w(φ(T−S))=w(T−S) for all T, S in its domain algebra, where w(T) stands for the numerical radius of T. Let and be two atomic nests on complex Hilbert spaces H and K, respectively. Denote the nest algebra associated with and the diagonal algebra. We give a thorough classification of weakly continuous numerical radius isometries from onto and a thorough classification of numerical radius isometries from onto .     

Jordan higher all-derivable points on nontrivial nest algebras

Let A be a Banach algebra with unity I and M be a unital Banach A-bimodule. A family of continuous additive mappings D=(δ_i)_i∈N from A into M is called a higher derivable mapping at X, if δ_n(AB)=∑_i+j=nδ_i(A)δ_j(B) for any A,B∈A with AB=X. In this paper, we show that D is a Jordan higher derivation if D is a higher derivable mapping at an invertible element X. As an application, we also get that every invertible operator in a nontrivial nest algebra is a higher all-derivable point.     

Embedding operators into strongly continuous semigroups

We study linear operators T on Banach spaces for which there exists a C₀-semigroup (T(t))_t≥0 such that T = T(1). We present a necessary condition in terms of the spectral value 0 and give classes of examples for which such a C₀-semigroup does or does not exist. Received: 22 December 2008, Revised: 7 April 2009     

Generalization of the determinants for trace-potent linear operators

SupposeA is a bounded linear operator on a separable Hilbert space withA ^m of trace class for some positive integerm. A generalized determinant for the operatorI–A is defined, its properties studied and this determinant is then used to exhibit an inversion formula forI–A.     

On weak orbits of operators

Let T be a completely nonunitary contraction on a Hilbert space H with r(T)=1. Let an>0, an→0. Then there exists x∈H with |〈Tnx,x〉|?an for all n. We construct a unitary operator without this property. This gives a negative answer to a problem of van Neerven.     

Factorizations of EP operators

In this paper we characterize EP operators through the existence of different types of factorizations. Our results extend to EP operators existing characterizations for EP matrices and give new characterizations both for EP matrices and EP operators.     

Invariant measures for frequently hypercyclic operators

We investigate frequently hypercyclic and chaotic linear operators from a measure-theoretic point of view. Among other things, we show that any frequently hypercyclic operator T acting on a reflexive Banach space admits an invariant probability measure with full support, which may be required to vanish on the set of all periodic vectors for T  ; that there exist frequently hypercyclic operators on the sequence space _c0$c_0$ admitting no ergodic measure with full support; and that if an operator admits an ergodic measure with full support, then it has a comeager set of distributionally irregular vectors. We also give some necessary and sufficient conditions (which are satisfied by all the known chaotic operators) for an operator T to admit an invariant measure supported on the set of its hypercyclic vectors and belonging to the closed convex hull of its periodic measures. Finally, we give a Baire category proof of the fact that any operator with a perfectly spanning set of unimodular eigenvectors admits an ergodic measure with full support.     

On properties of generalized quadratic operators

In this paper, we investigate the set ω(P) of generalized quadratic operators A satisfying the equation A²=αA+βP for all complex numbers α and β and for an idempotent operator P such that AP=PA=A. Furthermore, the close relationship between the operator A∈ω(P) and the idempotent operator P are established and expressions for the inverse, the Moore-Penrose inverse and the Drazin inverse of A∈ω(P) are given. Some related results are also obtained.     

Products of orthogonal projections as Carleman operators

In this paper, we consider the product of two orthogonal projectionsP andQ on a separable, infinite dimensional Hilbert spaceH. For the operatorQP, there holds the dichotomy:QP is either a Carleman operator or a semi-Fredholm operator with finite defect. Both cases are characterized in terms of the dimensions of the ranges and null spaces ofP andQ and some of their intersections. This extends the case, whereP andQ are the special projections onto the subspaces of time- and band-limited functions inL ²() resp., first considered by Slepian, Pollak and Landau.     

Radius preserving (semi)regularities in Banach algebras

Abstract

In this note we investigate regularities (semiregularities) R and S in a Banach algebra A satisfying S ? R and the corresponding spectra σ_S and σ_R Satisfying

sup {|λ| : λ ∈ σ_R(a)} = sup{|λ| : λ ∈ σ_S (a)}     

Generalized biderivations of nest algebras

Let N be a nest on a complex separable Hilbert space H, and τ(N) be the associated nest algebra. In this paper, we prove that every biderivation of τ(N) is an inner biderivation if and only if dim 0₊ ≠ 1 or , and that every generalized biderivation of τ(N) is an inner generalized biderivation if dim 0₊ ≠ 1 and .     

Fredholm theory in ordered Banach algebras

This paper illustrates some initial steps taken in the e?ort of unifying the theory of positivity in ordered Banach algebas (OBAs) with the general Fredholm theory in Banach algebras. We introduce here upper Weyl and upper Browder elements in an OBA relative to an arbitrary Banach algebra homomorphism and investigate the spectra corresponding to the sets of upper Weyl and upper Browder elements, which we shall refer to as the upper Weyl and upper Browder spectra, respectively.     

Generalized inverses over Banach algebras

LetA be a matrix over a complex commutative unital Banach algebra. We give necessary and sufficient conditions forA to have a generalized inverse. Moreover, if the Banach algebra has a symmetric involution, these are also necessary and sufficient conditions forA to admit the Moore-Penrose inverse.Partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-8802593