Orthogonality of the range and the kernel of some elementary operators

We prove the orthogonality of the range and the kernel of an important class of elementary operators with respect to the unitarily invariant norms associated with norm ideals of operators. This class consists of those mappings , , where is the algebra of all bounded Hilbert space operators, and , , , are normal operators, such that , and . Also we establish that this class is, in a certain sense, the widest class for which such an orthogonality result is valid. Some other related results are also given.

     

A perturbed elementary operator and range-kernel orthogonality

Let denote the algebra of operators on a Hilbert . If and are commuting normal operators, and and are commuting quasi-nilpotents such that , then define and by , , and . It is proved that and , where is some scalar and is the quasi-nilpotent part of the operator .

     

The Berezin transform and radial operators

We analyze the connection between compactness of operators on the Bergman space and the boundary behaviour of the corresponding Berezin transform. We prove that for a special class of operators that we call radial operators, an oscilation criterion is a sufficient condition under which the compactness of an operator is equivalent to the vanishing of the Berezin transform on the unit circle. We further study a special class of radial operators, i.e., Toeplitz operators with a radial symbol.

     

Separating classes of composition operators via subnormal condition

Several classes have been considered to study the weak subnormalities of Hilbert space operators. One of them is -hypnormality, which comes from the Bram-Halmos criterion for subnormal operators. In this note we consider -hyponormality, which is the parallel version corresponding to the Embry characterization for subnormal operators. We characterize -hyponormality of composition operators via -th Radon-Nikodym derivatives and present some examples to distinguish the classes.

     

An abstract ergodic theorem and some inequalities for operators on Banach spaces

We prove an abstract mean ergodic theorem and use it to show that if is a sequence of commuting -dissipative (or normal) operators on a Banach space , then the intersection of their null spaces is orthogonal to the linear span of their ranges. It is also proved that the inequality holds for any -dissipative operator . These results either generalize or improve the corresponding results of Shaw, Mattila, and Crabb and Sinclair, respectively.

     

Separation for kernels of Hankel operators

We prove that for two Hankel operators and on the Hardy space of the unit disk either the kernel of equals the kernel of or the kernel of equals the kernel of . In fact we prove a version of the above result for products of an arbitrary finite number of Hankel operators. Some immediate corollaries are generalizations of the result of Brown and Halmos on zero products of two Hankel operators and the result of Axler, Chang and Sarason on finite rank products of two Hankel operators. Simple examples show our results are sharp.

     

Boundedness of the Bergman type operators on mixed norm spaces

Conditions sufficient for boundedness of the Bergman type operators on certain mixed norm spaces of functions on the unit ball of are given, and this is used to solve Gleason's problem for the mixed norm spaces .

     

On residualities in the set of Markov operators on

We show that the set of those Markov operators on the Schatten class such that , where is one-dimensional projection, is norm open and dense. If we require that the limit projections must be on strictly positive states, then such operators form a norm dense . Surprisingly, for the strong operator topology operators the situation is quite the opposite.

     

Strict convexity of some subsets of Hankel operators

We find some extreme points in the unit ball of the set of Hankel operators and show that the unit ball of the set of compact Hankel operators is strictly convex. We use this result to show that the collection of lower triangular Toeplitz contractions is strictly convex. We also find some extreme points in certain reduced Cowen sets and discuss cases in which they are or are not strictly convex.

     

A note on commutativity up to a factor of bounded operators

In this note, we explore commutativity up to a factor for bounded operators and in a complex Hilbert space. Conditions on possible values of the factor are formulated and shown to depend on spectral properties of the operators. Commutativity up to a unitary factor is considered. In some cases, we obtain some properties of the solution space of the operator equation and explore the structures of and that satisfy for some A quantum effect is an operator on a complex Hilbert space that satisfies The sequential product of quantum effects and is defined by We also obtain properties of the sequential product.

     

Hardy spaces that support no compact composition operators

We consider, for G a simply connected domain and 0<p<∞, the Hardy space formed by fixing a Riemann map τ of the unit disc onto G, and demanding of functions F holomorphic on G that the integrals of |F|^p over the curves τ({|z|=r}) be bounded for 0<r<1. The resulting space is usually not the one obtained from the classical Hardy space of the unit disc by conformal mapping. This is reflected in our Main Theorem: supports compact composition operators if and only if∂Ghas finite one-dimensional Hausdorff measure. Our work is inspired by an earlier result of Matache (Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999) 1483), who showed that the spaces of half-planes support no compact composition operators. Our methods provide a lower bound for the essential spectral radius which shows that the same result holds with “compact” replaced by “Riesz.” We prove similar results for Bergman spaces, with the Hardy-space condition “∂G has finite Hausdorff 1-measure” replaced by “G has finite area.” Finally, we characterize those domains G for which every composition operator on either the Hardy or the Bergman spaces is bounded.     

Isometries of certain operator spaces

Let and be Banach spaces, and be the spaces of bounded linear operators from into In this paper we give full characterization of isometric onto operators of for a certain class of Banach spaces, that includes We also characterize the isometric onto operators of and the compact operators on Furthermore, the multiplicative isometric onto operators of , when multiplication on is taken to be the Schur product, are characterized.

     

On operators which commute with analytic Toeplitz operators modulo the finite rank operators

It is shown that an operator on the Hardy space (or ) commutes with all analytic Toeplitz operators modulo the finite rank operators if and only if . Here is a finite rank operator, and in the case , is a sum of a rational function and a bounded analytic function, and in the case , is a bounded analytic function.

     

Essentially Normal Operator + Compact Operator = Strongly Irreducible Operator

It is shown that given an essentially normal operator with connected spectrum, there exists a compact operator such that is strongly irreducible.

     

The contraction principle for mappings on a metric space with a graph

We give some generalizations of the Banach Contraction Principle to mappings on a metric space endowed with a graph. This extends and subsumes many recent results of other authors which were obtained for mappings on a partially ordered metric space. As an application, we present a theorem on the convergence of successive approximations for some linear operators on a Banach space. In particular, the last result easily yields the Kelisky-Rivlin theorem on iterates of the Bernstein operators on the space .

     

When products of selfadjoints are normal

Suppose that are two selfadjoint bounded operators on a Hilbert space . It is elementary to show that is selfadjoint precisely when . We answer the following question: Under what circumstances must be selfadjoint given that it is normal?     

Adjoints of a class of composition operators

Adjoints of certain operators of composition type are calculated. Specifically, on the classical Hardy space of the open unit disk operators of the form are considered, where is a finite Blaschke product. is obtained as a finite linear combination of operators of the form where and are rational functions, are associated Toeplitz operators and is defined by

     

On asymmetry of the future and the past for limit self-joinings

Let be an off-diagonal joining of a transformation . We construct a non-typical transformation having asymmetry between limit sets of for positive and negative powers of . It follows from a correspondence between subpolymorphisms and positive operators, and from the structure of limit polynomial operators. We apply this technique to find all polynomial operators of degree in the weak closure (in the space of positive operators on ) of powers of Chacon's automorphism and its generalizations.