Remarks on common hypercyclic vectors

We treat the question of existence of common hypercyclic vectors for families of continuous linear operators. It is shown that for any continuous linear operator T on a complex Fréchet space X and a set Λ⊆R₊×C which is not of zero three-dimensional Lebesgue measure, the family has no common hypercyclic vectors. This allows to answer negatively questions raised by Godefroy and Shapiro and by Aron. We also prove a sufficient condition for a family of scalar multiples of a given operator on a complex Fréchet space to have a common hypercyclic vector. It allows to show that if and φ∈H^∞(D) is non-constant, then the family has a common hypercyclic vector, where Mφ:H²(D)→H²(D), Mφf=φf, and , providing an affirmative answer to a question by Bayart and Grivaux. Finally, extending a result of Costakis and Sambarino, we prove that the family has a common hypercyclic vector, where Tbf(z)=f(z−b) acts on the Fréchet space H(C) of entire functions on one complex variable.     

Dual disjoint hypercyclic operators

Let E be a separable Fréchet space. The operators T₁,…,Tm are disjoint hypercyclic if there exists x∈E such that the orbit of (x,…,x) under (T₁,…,Tm) is dense in E×?×E. We show that every separable Banach space E admits an m-tuple of bounded linear operators which are disjoint hypercyclic. If, in addition, its dual E^∗ is separable, then they can be constructed such that are also disjoint hypercyclic.     

Topologically mixing hypercyclic operators

Let be a separable Fréchet space. We prove that a linear operator satisfying a special case of the Hypercyclicity Criterion is topologically mixing, i.e. for any given open sets there exists a positive integer such that for any We also characterize those weighted backward shift operators that are topologically mixing.

     

Disjoint hypercyclic linear fractional composition operators

We characterize disjoint hypercyclicity and disjoint supercyclicity of finitely many linear fractional composition operators acting on spaces of holomorphic functions on the unit disc, answering a question of Bernal-González. We also study mixing and disjoint mixing behavior of projective limits of endomorphisms of a projective spectrum. In particular, we show that a linear fractional composition operator is mixing on the projective limit of the Sv spaces strictly containing the Dirichlet space if and only if the operator is mixing on the Hardy space.     

A short proof of existence of disjoint hypercyclic operators

We give a short proof of existence of disjoint hypercyclic tuples of operators of any given length on any separable infinite dimensional Fréchet space. Similar argument provides disjoint dual hypercyclic tuples of operators of any length on any infinite dimensional Banach space with separable dual.     

Frequently hypercyclic operators

We investigate the subject of linear dynamics by studying the notion of frequent hypercyclicity for bounded operators on separable complex -spaces: is frequently hypercyclic if there exists a vector such that for every nonempty open subset of , the set of integers such that belongs to has positive lower density. We give several criteria for frequent hypercyclicity, and this leads us in particular to study linear transformations from the point of view of ergodic theory. Several other topics which are classical in hypercyclicity theory are also investigated in the frequent hypercyclicity setting.

     

Spaces that admit hypercyclic operators with hypercyclic adjoints

A continuous linear operator is hypercyclic if there is an such that the orbit is dense. A result of H. Salas shows that any infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert space admits a hypercyclic operator whose adjoint is also hypercyclic. It is a natural question to ask for what other spaces does contain such an operator. We prove that for any infinite-dimensional Banach space with a shrinking symmetric basis, such as and any , there is an operator , where both and are hypercyclic.

     

Hereditarily hypercyclic operators and mixing

We show that hereditary transitivity (respectively strongly hereditary transitivity) is equivalent to weak mixing (respectively strong mixing) in a discrete dynamical system with Polish phase space. We also study the connection between local orbit structure and hypercyclicity, and obtain a “local hypercyclicity criterion.”     

On supercyclicity of operators from a supercyclic semigroup

We show that for every supercyclic strongly continuous operator semigroup {Tt}_t?0 acting on a complex F-space, every Tt with t>0 is supercyclic. Moreover, the set of supercyclic vectors of each Tt with t>0 is exactly the set of supercyclic vectors of the entire semigroup.     

Hypercyclic operators on non-locally convex spaces

We transfer a number of fundamental results about hypercyclic operators on locally convex spaces (due to Ansari, Bès, Bourdon, Costakis, Feldman, and Peris) to the non-locally convex situation. This answers a problem posed by A. Peris [Multi-hypercyclic operators are hypercyclic, Math. Z. 236 (2001), 779-786].

     

On hypercyclic operators on Banach spaces

We provide in this paper a direct and constructive proof of the following fact: for a Banach space there are bounded linear operators having hypercyclic vectors if and only if is separable and dim. This is a special case of a recent result, which in turn solves a problem proposed by S. Rolewicz.

     

Porosity and hypercyclic operators

We study if the set of hypercyclic vectors of a hypercyclic operator is the complement of a -porous set. This leads to interesting results for both points of view: a limitation of the size of hypercyclic vectors, and new examples of first category sets which are not -porous.

     

Weyl type theorem and hypercyclic operators

Using a variant of the essential approximate point spectrum, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for T for which the a-Browder's theorem or the a-Weyl's theorem holds. Also, the relation between hypercyclic operators (or supercyclic operators) and the operators which satisfy Weyl type theorem is discussed.     

Interpolation by hypercyclic functions for differential operators

We prove that, given a sequence of points in a complex domain Ω without accumulation points, there are functions having prescribed values at the points of the sequence and, simultaneously, having dense orbit in the space of holomorphic functions on Ω. The orbit is taken with respect to any fixed nonscalar differential operator generated by an entire function of subexponential type, thereby extending a recent result about MacLane-hypercyclicity due to Costakis, Vlachou and Niess.     

Perturbations of hypercyclic vectors

We show that a linear operator can have an orbit that comes within a bounded distance of every point, yet is not dense. We also prove that such an operator must be hypercyclic. This gives a more general form of the hypercyclicity criterion. We also show that a sufficiently small perturbation of a hypercyclic vector is still hypercyclic.     

Hypercyclic operators failing the Hypercyclicity Criterion on classical Banach spaces

By a recent result of M. De La Rosa and C. Read, there exist hypercyclic Banach space operators which do not satisfy the Hypercyclicity Criterion. In the present paper, we prove that such operators can be constructed on a large class of Banach spaces, including or .     

Topologically transitive skew-products of backward shift operators and hypercyclicity

In this article we look at skew-products of multiples of the backward shift and examine conditions under which the skew-product is topologically transitive or hypercyclic in the second coordinate. We also give an application of the theory to iterated function systems of multiples of backward shift operators.

     

Weyl's theorem and hypercyclic/supercyclic operators

Necessary and sufficient conditions for hypercyclic/supercyclic Banach space operators T to satisfy are proved.     

On the minimal number of matrices which form a locally hypercyclic, non-hypercyclic tuple

In this paper we extend the notion of a locally hypercyclic operator to that of a locally hypercyclic tuple of operators. We then show that the class of hypercyclic tuples of operators forms a proper subclass to that of locally hypercyclic tuples of operators. What is rather remarkable is that in every finite dimensional vector space over R or C, a pair of commuting matrices exists which forms a locally hypercyclic, non-hypercyclic tuple. This comes in direct contrast to the case of hypercyclic tuples where the minimal number of matrices required for hypercyclicity is related to the dimension of the vector space. In this direction we prove that the minimal number of diagonal matrices required to form a hypercyclic tuple on Rn is n+1, thus complementing a recent result due to Feldman.     

Existence and nonexistence of hypercyclic semigroups

In these notes we provide a new proof of the existence of a hypercyclic uniformly continuous semigroup of operators on any separable infinite-dimensional Banach space that is very different from--and considerably shorter than--the one recently given by Bermúdez, Bonilla and Martinón. We also show the existence of a strongly dense family of topologically mixing operators on every separable infinite-dimensional Fréchet space. This complements recent results due to Bès and Chan. Moreover, we discuss the Hypercyclicity Criterion for semigroups and we give an example of a separable infinite-dimensional locally convex space which supports no supercyclic strongly continuous semigroup of operators.