Generalized Essential Norm of Weighted Composition Operators on some Uniform Algebras of Analytic Functions

We compute the essential norm of a composition operator relatively to the class of Dunford-Pettis operators or weakly compact operators, on some uniform algebras of analytic functions. Even in the context of H^∞ (resp. the disk algebra), this is new, as well for the polydisk algebras and the polyball algebras. This is a consequence of a general study of weighted composition operators.      

Invariant Subspaces of Subgraded Lie Algebras of Compact Operators

We show that finitely subgraded Lie algebras of compact operators have invariant subspaces when conditions of quasinilpotence are imposed on certain components of the subgrading. This allows us to obtain some useful information about the structure of such algebras. As an application, we prove a number of results on the existence of invariant subspaces for algebraic structures of compact operators, in particular for Jordan algebras and Lie triple systems of Volterra operators. Along the way we obtain new criteria for the triangularizability of a Lie algebra of compact operators. The support received from INTAS project No 06-1000017-8609 is gratefully acknowledged by the third author.     

Triangularizability of Polynomially Compact Operators

An operator on a complex Banach space is polynomially compact if a non-zero polynomial of the operator is compact, and power compact if a power of the operator is compact. Theorems on triangularizability of algebras (resp. semigroups) of compact operators are shown to be valid also for algebras (resp. semigroups) of polynomially (resp. power) compact operators, provided that pairs of operators have compact commutators.     

On Tractability and Ideal Problem in Non-Associative Operator Algebras

The question of the existence of non-trivial ideals of Lie algebras of compact operators is considered from different points of view. One of the approaches is based on the concept of a tractable Lie algebra, which can be of interest independently of the main theme of the paper. Among other results it is shown that an infinite-dimensional closed Lie or Jordan algebra of compact operators cannot be simple. Several partial answers to Wojtyński’s problem on the topological simplicity of Lie algebras of compact quasinilpotent operators are also given.     

Invariant subspaces of operator Lie algebras and Lie algebras with compact adjoint action

It is proved that a Lie algebra of compact operators with a non-zero Volterra ideal is reducible (has a nontrivial invariant subspace). A number of other criteria of reducibility for collections of operators is obtained. The results are applied to the structure theory of Lie algebras of compact operators and normed Lie algebras with compact adjoint action.     

The socle of a nondegenerate Lie algebra

We define the socle of a nondegenerate Lie algebra as the sum of all its minimal inner ideals. The socle turns out to be an ideal which is a direct sum of simple ideals, and satisfies the descending chain condition on principal inner ideals. Every classical finite dimensional Lie algebra coincides with its socle, while relevant examples of infinite dimensional Lie algebras with nonzero socle are the simple finitary Lie algebras and the classical Banach Lie algebras of compact operators on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space. This notion of socle for Lie algebras is compatible with the previous ones for associative algebras and Jordan systems. We conclude with a structure theorem for simple nondegenerate Lie algebras containing abelian minimal inner ideals, and as a consequence we obtain that a simple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0 is finitary if and only if it is nondegenerate and contains a rank-one element.     

Multipliers and Modulus on Banach Algebras Related to Locally Compact Groups

LetGbe a locally compact group. In this paper we study moduli of products of elements and of multipliers of Banach algebras which are related to locally compact groups and which admit lattice structure. As a consequence, we obtain a characterization of operators onL^∞(G) which commute with convolutions whenGis amenable as discrete.     

Cotangent bundles for “matrix algebras converge to the sphere”

In the high-energy quantum-physics literature one finds statements such as “matrix algebras converge to the sphere”. Earlier I provided a general setting for understanding such statements, in which the matrix algebras are viewed as compact quantum metric spaces, and convergence is with respect to a quantum Gromov–Hausdorff-type distance. More recently I have dealt with corresponding statements in the literature about vector bundles on spheres and matrix algebras. But physicists want, even more, to treat structures on spheres (and other spaces) such as Dirac operators, Yang–Mills functionals, etc., and they want to approximate these by corresponding structures on matrix algebras. In preparation for understanding what the Dirac operators should be, we determine here what the corresponding “cotangent bundles” should be for the matrix algebras, since it is on them that a “Riemannian metric” must be defined, which is then the information needed to determine a Dirac operator. (In the physics literature there are at least 3 inequivalent suggestions for the Dirac operators.)     

Quasicompact and Riesz endomorphisms of Banach algebras

Let B be a unital commutative semi-simple Banach algebra. We study endomorphisms of B which are also quasicompact operators or Riesz operators. Clearly compact and power compact endomorphisms are Riesz and hence quasicompact. Several general theorems about quasicompact endomorphisms are proved, and these results are then applied to the question of when quasicompact or Riesz endomorphisms of certain algebras are necessarily power compact.     

Invariant Subspaces of Operator Lie Algebras and the Theory of K-Algebras

It is proved that if a Lie algebra of compact operators contains a nonzero ideal consisting of quasinilpotent operators then this Lie algebra has a nontrivial invariant subspace. Some applications of this result to lattices of invariant subspaces for families of compact operators and to structures of ideals of Banach Lie algebras with compact adjoint action are given.     

Compact Composition Operators and Deddens Algebras

We consider the Deddens algebras associated to compact composition operators on the Hardy space \(H^2\) on the unit disk. When the compact composition operator corresponds to a function \(\varphi \) that satisfies \(\varphi (0)=0\) and \(\varphi '(0)\ne 0\), we show that the lattice of invariant subspaces of this algebra is \(\{0\}\cup \{z^n H^2: n=0,1,2,\ldots \}\). As a consequence, for this class of operators the associated Deddens algebra is weakly dense in the algebra of lower triangular matrices.     

Complete Continuity for a Class of Banach Algebras

For quotiens of group algebras, we stady elements such that the multiplication by these elements generates a compact (left or right) multiplication operator. The spectrum of such an algebra is analyzed in the case where all such (left or right) multiplication operators are weakly compact. Bibliography: 33 titles.     

Spectral conditions on Lie and Jordan algebras of compact operators

We investigate the properties of bounded operators which satisfy a certain spectral additivity condition, and use our results to study Lie and Jordan algebras of compact operators. We prove that these algebras have nontrivial invariant subspaces when their elements have sublinear or submultiplicative spectrum, and when they satisfy simple trace conditions. In certain cases we show that these conditions imply that the algebra is (simultaneously) triangularizable.     

Spectral Radius Algebras of Idempotents

We show that the spectral radius algebras of certain quadratic operators possess nontrivial invariant subspaces. Additionally, such algebras properly contain the operator’s commutant, so that the invariant subspaces are in some sense beyond hyperinvariant. The spectral radius algebras of idempotents are completely described and, as a consequence, it is shown that every intransitive collection of operators must be contained in a norm-closed proper spectral radius algebra.      

Information Algebras and Consequence Operators

We explore a connection between different ways of representing information in computer science. We show that relational databases, modules, algebraic specifications and constraint systems all satisfy the same ten axioms. A commutative semigroup together with a lattice satisfying these axioms is then called an “information algebra”. We show that any compact consequence operator satisfying the interpolation and the deduction property induces an information algebra. Conversely, each finitary information algebra can be obtained from a consequence operator in this way. Finally we show that arbitrary (not necessarily finitary) information algebras can be represented as some kind of abstract relational database called a tuple system. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): Primary 03B22; Secondary 03G15 03G25 08A70 68Q99 94A99 03C950     

Trasformate di Radon e operatori di convoluzione su gruppi e algebre di Lie

The following is an expository paper concerning the relations between Radon transforms and convolution operators associated to singular measures. A quick review of the classical theorems is presented and a recent result of F. Ricci and the author in the framework of compact Lie groups and Lie algebras is outlined.     

Completely bounded disjointness preserving operators between Fourier algebras

In this paper, we characterize surjective completely bounded disjointness preserving linear operators on Fourier algebras of locally compact amenable groups. We show that such operators are given by weighted homomorphisms induced by piecewise affine proper maps.     

Non-Archimedean Duality: Algebras,Groups, and Multipliers

We develop a duality theory for multiplier Banach-Hopf algebras over a non-Archimedean field ??. As examples, we consider algebras corresponding to discrete groups and zero-dimensional locally compact groups with ??-valued Haar measure, as well as algebras of operators generated by regular representations of discrete groups.     

Realizing irreducible semigroups and real algebras of compact operators

Let B(X) be the algebra of bounded operators on a complex Banach space X. Viewing B(X) as an algebra over R, we study the structure of those irreducible subalgebras which contain nonzero compact operators. In particular, irreducible algebras of trace-class operators with real trace are characterized. This yields an extension of Brauer-type results on matrices to operators in infinite dimensions, answering the question: is an irreducible semigroup of compact operators with real spectra realizable, i.e., simultaneously similar to a semigroup whose matrices are real?     

Continuity of linear operators commuting with shifts

It is shown that linear operators on a wide class of function and measure spaces on [0, ∞) which commute with the right shift operators are necessarily continuous. Indeed, commutativity with a single nonidentity shift is often sufficient, and the results are valid for more general cones. As a consequence characterizations of perfect operators and other multipliers are obtained, and applied to prove an extension of a result of Diamond for derivations on measure algebras.