Hilbertian Jamison sequences and rigid dynamical systems

A strictly increasing sequence (nk)_k?0 of positive integers is said to be a Hilbertian Jamison sequence if for any bounded operator T on a separable Hilbert space such that supk?0‖Tnk‖<+∞, the set of eigenvalues of modulus 1 of T is at most countable. We first give a complete characterization of such sequences. We then turn to the study of rigidity sequences (nk)_k?0 for weakly mixing dynamical systems on measure spaces, and give various conditions, some of which are closely related to the Jamison condition, for a sequence to be a rigidity sequence. We obtain on our way a complete characterization of topological rigidity and uniform rigidity sequences for linear dynamical systems, and we construct in this framework examples of dynamical systems which are both weakly mixing in the measure-theoretic sense and uniformly rigid.     

A general iterative algorithm for nonexpansive mappings in Hilbert spaces

Let H be a real Hilbert space. Suppose that T is a nonexpansive mapping on H with a fixed point, f is a contraction on H with coefficient 0<α<1, and F:H→H is a k-Lipschitzian and η-strongly monotone operator with k>0,η>0. Let . We proved that the sequence {x_n} generated by the iterative method x_n+1=α_nγf(x_n)+(I−μα_nF)Tx_n converges strongly to a fixed point , which solves the variational inequality , for x∈F_ix(T).     

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.     

Bounded characteristic functions and models for noncontractive sequences of operators

The Sz.-Nagy-FoiaŞ functional model for completely non-unitary contractions is extended to completely non-coisometric sequences of bounded operatorsT = (T₁,...,T _d) (d finite or infinite) on a Hilbert space, with bounded characteristic functions. For this class of sequences, it is shown that the characteristic function θ_T is a complete unitary invariant. We obtain, as the main result, necessary and sufficient conditions for a bounded multi-analytic operator on Fock spaces to coincide with the characteristic function associated with a completely non-coisometric sequence of bounded operators on a Hilbert space. Research supported in part by a COBASE grant from the National Research Council. The first author was partially supported by a grant from Ministerul Educaţiei Şi Cercetarii. The second author was partially supported by a National Science Foundation grant.     

Limit sets of automatic sequences

We show that for every k-automatic sequence there exists a natural number p>0 such that the sequences of the form (k^pn+j)_n?0 with j=0,…,p−1 are scaling sequences for f. Moreover, we demonstrate that every limit set is the union of certain basic limit sets.     

Points d’évaluation pour les opérateurs cycliques ayant la propriété de Bishop (β)

Let T be a linear bounded cyclic operator in a separable complex Hilbert space H. Let B(T) and B_a(T) denote, respectively, the set of bounded point evaluation and the set of analytic point evaluation of T. We show that if T has the Bishop property (β), then B_a(T)=B(T)?σ_ap(T), where σ_ap(T) is the approximate spectrum of T. In the particular case when T is an operator of multiplication by z in a Hardy space this was proved by Trent (Pacific J. Math. 80 (1979) 279). On the other hand, using the generalized and the local spectral theory we obtain sufficient conditions on B_a(T) under which the spectrum of T and the local spectrum of T at any y≠0 in H coincide. At the end results involving the spectral picture of quasi-similar cyclic operators are given.     

Von Neumann’s inequality for noncommuting contractions

Let T₁,…,T_d be linear contractions on a complex Hilbert space and p a complex polynomial in d variables which is a sum of d single variable polynomials. We show that the operator norm of p(T₁,…,T_d) is bounded by

     

Characterization of the absence of a spectral gapfor a class of periodic Jacobi operators

Let q ∈ {2, 3} and let 0 = s₀ < s₁ < … < s_q = T be integers. For m, n ∈ Z, we put ¯m,n = {j ∈ Z| m? j ? n}. We set l_j = s_j − s_j−1 for j ∈ 1, q. Given (p₁,, p_q) ∈ R^q, let b: Z → R be a periodic function of period T such that b(·) = p_j on s_j−1 + 1, s_j for each j ∈ 1, q. We study the spectral gaps of the Jacobi operator (Ju)(n) = u(n + 1) + u(n − 1) + b(n)u(n) acting on l²(Z). By [λ_2j , λ_2j−1] we denote the jth band of the spectrum of J counted from above for j ∈ 1, T. Suppose that p_m ≠ p_n for m ≠ n. We prove that the statements (i) and (ii) below are equivalent for λ ∈ R and i ∈ 1, T − 1.     

Lower bounds of Copson type for Hausdorff matrices

Let 1 ? p ? ∞, 0 < q ? p, and A = (a_n,k)_n,k?0 ? 0. Denote by L_p,q(A) the supremum of those L satisfying the following inequality:

     

Polaroid operators satisfying Weyl’s theorem

A Banach space operator T is polaroid and satisfies Weyl’s theorem if and only if T is Kato type at points λ ∈ iso σ(T) and has SVEP at points λ not in the Weyl spectrum of T. For such operators T, f(T) satisfies Weyl’s theorem for every non-constant function f analytic on a neighborhood of σ(T) if and only if f(T^∗) satisfies Weyl’s theorem.     

Generalized radix representations and dynamical systems. IV

For r = (r₁,…, r_d) ∈ ?^d the mapping τ_r:?^d →?^d given byτ_r(a₁,…,a_d) = (a₂, …, a_d,−⌊r₁a₁+…+ r_da_d⌋)where ⌊·⌋ denotes the floor function, is called a shift radix system if for each a ∈ ?^d there exists an integer k > 0 with τ_r^k(a) = 0. As shown in Part I of this series of papers, shift radix systems are intimately related to certain well-known notions of number systems like β-expansibns and canonical number systems. After characterization results on shift radix systems in Part II of this series of papers and the thorough investigation of the relations between shift radix systems and canonical number systems in Part III, the present part is devoted to further structural relationships between shift radix systems and β-expansions. In particular we establish the distribution of Pisot polynomials with and without the finiteness property (F).     

Nontrivial lower bounds for the least common multiple of some finite sequences of integers

We present here a method which allows to derive a nontrivial lower bounds for the least common multiple of some finite sequences of integers. We obtain efficient lower bounds (which in a way are optimal) for the arithmetic progressions and lower bounds less efficient (but nontrivial) for quadratic sequences whose general term has the form un=an(n+t)+b with (a,t,b)∈Z³, a?5, t?0, gcd(a,b)=1. From this, we deduce for instance the lower bound: lcm{¹²+1,²²+1,…,n²+1}?0,32n(1,442) (for all n?1). In the last part of this article, we study the integer lcm(n,n+1,…,n+k) (k∈N, n∈N^∗). We show that it has a divisor dn,k simple in its dependence on n and k, and a multiple mn,k also simple in its dependence on n. In addition, we prove that both equalities: lcm(n,n+1,…,n+k)=dn,k and lcm(n,n+1,…,n+k)=mn,k hold for an infinitely many pairs (n,k).     

On the Property (gw)

In this note we introduce and study the property (gw), which extends property (w) introduced by Rakoc̆evic in [23]. We investigate the property (gw) in connection with Weyl type theorems. We show that if T is a bounded linear operator T acting on a Banach space X, then property (gw) holds for T if and only if property (w) holds for T and Π _a (T) = E(T), where Π _a (T) is the set of left poles of T and E(T) is the set of isolated eigenvalues of T. We also study the property (gw) for operators satisfying the single valued extension property (SVEP). Classes of operators are considered as illustrating examples. The second author was supported by Protars D11/16 and PGR- UMP.     

On p-quasi-hyponormal operators

A Hilbert space operator A ∈ B(H) is said to be p-quasi-hyponormal for some 0 < p ? 1, A ∈ p − QH, if A^∗(∣A∣^2p − ∣A^∗∣^2p)A ? 0. If H is infinite dimensional, then operators A ∈ p − QH are not supercyclic. Restricting ourselves to those A ∈ p − QH for which A⁻¹(0) ⊆ A^∗-1(0), A ∈ p_∗ − QH, a necessary and sufficient condition for the adjoint of a pure p_∗ − QH operator to be supercyclic is proved. Operators in p_∗ − QH satisfy Bishop’s property (β). Each A ∈ p_∗ − QH has the finite ascent property and the quasi-nilpotent part H₀(A − λI) of A equals (A − λI)^-1(0) for all complex numbers λ; hence f(A) satisfies Weyl’s theorem, and f(A^∗) satisfies a-Weyl’s theorem, for all non-constant functions f which are analytic on a neighborhood of σ(A). It is proved that a Putnam-Fuglede type commutativity theorem holds for operators in p_∗ − QH.     

Strong linear preservers of rank reverse permutability on triangular matrices

Let F be a field with ∣F∣ > 2 and T_n(F) be the set of all n × n upper triangular matrices, where n ? 2. Let k ? 2 be a given integer. A k-tuple of matrices A₁, …, A_k ∈ T_n(F) is called rank reverse permutable if rank(A₁ A₂ ? A_k) = rank(A_k A_k−1 ? A₁). We characterize the linear maps on T_n(F) that strongly preserve the set of rank reverse permutable matrix k-tuples.     

The intersection of left (right) spectra of 2 × 2 upper triangular operator matrices

When A∈B(H) and B∈B(K) are given, we denote by M_C the operator matrix acting on the infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert space H⊕K of the form In this paper, for given A and B, the sets and ?_C∈Inv(K,H)σ_l(M_C) are determined, where σ_l(T),B_l(K,H) and Inv(K,H) denote, respectively, the left spectrum of an operator T, the set of all the left invertible operators and the set of all the invertible operators from K into H.     

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.     

Defect indices of powers of a contraction

Let A be a contraction on a Hilbert space H. The defect index d_A of A is, by definition, the dimension of the closure of the range of I-A^∗A. We prove that (1) d_Aⁿ?nd_A for all n?0, (2) if, in addition, Aⁿ converges to 0 in the strong operator topology and d_A=1, then d_Aⁿ=n for all finite n,0?n?dimH, and (3) d_A=d_A^∗ implies d_Aⁿ=d_A^n∗ for all n?0. The norm-one index k_A of A is defined as sup{n?0:‖Aⁿ‖=1}. When dimH=m<∞, a lower bound for k_A was obtained before: k_A?(m/d_A)-1. We show that the equality holds if and only if either A is unitary or the eigenvalues of A are all in the open unit disc, d_A divides m and d_Aⁿ=nd_A for all n, 1?n?m/d_A. We also consider the defect index of f(A) for a finite Blaschke product f and show that d_f(A)=d_Aⁿ, where n is the number of zeros of f.     

On the Decomposition of the Riesz Operator and the Expansion of the Riesz Semigroup

For a Riesz operator T on a reflexive Banach space X with nonzero eigenvalues denote by E(λ_i; T) the eigen-projection corresponding to an eigenvalue λ_i. In this paper we will show that if the operator sequence is uniformly bounded, then the Riesz operator T can be decomposed into the sum of two operators T_p and T_r: T = T_p + T_r, where T_p is the weak limit of T_n and T_r is quasi-nilpotent. The result is used to obtain an expansion of a Riesz semigroup T(t) for t ≥ τ. As an application, we consider the solution of transport equation on a bounded convex body.     

The sum of unitary similarity orbits containing only special operators

Let B(H) be the algebra of bounded linear operator acting on a Hilbert space H (over the complex or real field). Characterization is given to A₁,…,A_k∈B(H) such that for any unitary operators is always in a special class S of operators such as normal operators, self-adjoint operators, unitary operators. As corollaries, characterizations are given to A∈B(H) such that complex, real or nonnegative linear combinations of operators in its unitary orbit U(A)={U^∗AU:Uunitary} always lie in S.