Positive definiteness and commutativity of operators

It is shown that an -tuple of bounded linear operators on a complex Hilbert space, which is positive definite in the sense of Halmos, must be commutative. Some generalizations of this result to the case of pairs of unbounded operators are obtained.

     

Unbounded strictly singular operators

Let D(T)⊂X→Y be an unbounded linear operator where X and Y are normed spaces. It is shown that if Y is complete then T is strictly singular if and only if T is the sum of a continuous strictly singular operator and an unbounded finite rank operator. A counterexample is constructed for the case in which Y is not complete.     

Unbounded functions and positive linear operators

The approximation of unbounded functions by positive linear operators under multiplier enlargement is investigated. It is shown that a very wide class of positive linear operators can be used to approximate functions with arbitrary growth on the real line. Estimates are given in terms of the usual quantities which appear in the Shisha-Mond theorem. Examples are provided.     

Unbounded dissipative compressed Toeplitz operators

Denote by the collection of all closed densely defined linear maps commuting with the adjoint of the compression of the standard unilateral shift on the Hardy space to a shift coinvariant subspace. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a linear map in the class to be dissipative are given.     

Perturbations of Drazin invertible operators

The necessary and sufficient conditions for the small norm perturbation of a Drazin invertible operator to be still Drazin invertible and the sufficient conditions for the finite rank perturbation of a Drazin invertible operator to be still Drazin invertible are established.     

Unbounded disjointness preserving linear functionals and operators

Let E and F be Banach lattices. We show first that the disjointness preserving linear functionals separate the points of any infinite dimensional Banach lattice E, which shows that in this case the unbounded disjointness preserving operators from \({E\to F}\) separate the points of E. Then we show that every disjointness preserving operator \({T:E\to F}\) is norm bounded on an order dense ideal. In case E has order continuous norm, this implies that every unbounded disjointness preserving map \({T:E\to F}\) has a unique decomposition T = R + S, where R is a bounded disjointness preserving operator and S is an unbounded disjointness preserving operator, which is zero on a norm dense ideal. For the case that E = C(X), with X a compact Hausdorff space, we show that every disjointness preserving operator \({T:C(X)\to F}\) is norm bounded on a norm dense sublattice algebra of C(X), which leads then to a decomposition of T into a bounded disjointness preserving operator and a finite sum of unbounded disjointness preserving operators, which are zero on order dense ideals.     

Perturbations of surjective convolution operators

Let and be (ultra)distributions with compact support which have disjoint singular supports. We assume that the convolution operator is surjective when it acts on a space of functions or (ultra)distribu- tions, and we investigate whether the perturbed convolution operator is surjective. In particular we solve in the negative a question asked by Abramczuk in 1984.

     

Unbounded Perturbations of C0-Semigroups on Banach Spaces and Applications

In this paper we prove a perturbation result for strongly continuous semigroups extending one of G. Weiss from Hilbert to Banach spaces. This allows us to establish a new variation of constants formula for non-homogeneous perturbed Cauchy problems. From this formula we deduce another new one for non-homogeneous functional differential equations with L^p-phase spaces in terms of Yosida extensions of delay operators.     

Perturbations of regularizing maximal monotone operators

We consideru′(t)+Au(t)∋f(t), whereA is maximal monotone in a Hilbert spaceH. AssumeA is continuous or A=ϱφ or intD(A)≠∅ or dimH<∞. For suitably boundedf′s, it is shown that the solution mapf→u is continuous, even if thef′s are topologized much more weakly than usual. As a corollary we obtain the existence of solutions ofu′(t)+Au(t)∋B(u(t)), whereB is a compact mapping inH. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Perturbations of maximal monotone random operators

Let X be a Banach space, X¹ its dual, and Ω a measurable space. We study the solvability of nonlinear random equations involving operators of the form L + T, where L is a maximal monotone random operator from Ω × X into X¹ and T : Ω × X → X¹ a random operator of monotone type.     

On the commutativity of antiblocker diagrams under lift-and-project operators

The behavior of the disjunctive operator, defined by Balas, Ceria and Cornuéjols, in the context of the “antiblocker duality diagram” associated with the stable set polytope, QSTAB(G), of a graph and its complement, was first studied by Aguilera, Escalante and Nasini. The authors prove the commutativity of this diagram in any number of iterations of the disjunctive operator. One of the main consequences of this result is a generalization of the Perfect Graph Theorem under the disjunctive rank.In the same context, Lipták and Tunçel study the lift-and-project operators N₀, N and N₊ defined by Lovász and Schrijver. They find a graph for which the diagram does not commute in one iteration of the N₀- and N-operator. In connection with N₊, the authors implicitly suggest a similar result proving that if the diagram commutes in k=O(1) iterations, P=NP.In this paper, we give for any number of iterations, explicit proofs of the non commutativity of the N₀-, N- and N₊-diagram.In the particular case of the N₀- and N-operator, we find bounds for the ranks of the complements of line graphs (of complete graphs), which allow us to prove that the diagrams do not commute for these graphs.     

Unbounded order continuous operators on Riesz spaces

In this paper, using the concept of unbounded order convergence in Riesz spaces, we define new classes of operators, named unbounded order continuous (uo-continuous, for short) and boundedly unbounded order continuous operators. We give some conditions under which uo-continuity will be equivalent to order continuity of some operators on Riesz spaces. We show that the collection of all uo-continuous linear functionals on a Riesz space E is a band of \(E^\sim \).     

Unbounded self-adjoint operators connected by algebraic relations

Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 41, No. 12, pp.1664–1668, December, 1989.