Continuity of the spectrum on a class of upper triangular operator matrices

Let B(H) denote the algebra of operators on an infinite dimensional complex Hilbert space H, and let A^○∈B(K) denote the Berberian extension of an operator A∈B(H). It is proved that the set theoretic function σ, the spectrum, is continuous on the set C(i)⊂B(Hi) of operators A for which σ(A)={0} implies A is nilpotent (possibly, the 0 operator) and at every non-zero λ∈σp(A^○) for some operators X and B such that λ∉σp(B) and σ(A^○)={λ}∪σ(B). If CS(m) denotes the set of upper triangular operator matrices , where Aii∈C(i) and Aii has SVEP for all 1?i?m, then σ is continuous on CS(m). It is observed that a considerably large number of the more commonly considered classes of Hilbert space operators constitute sets C(i) and have SVEP.     

Functions of operators under perturbations of class Sp

This is a continuation of our paper [2]. We prove that for functions f in the Hölder class Λα(R) and 1<p<∞, the operator f(A)−f(B) belongs to Sp/α, whenever A and B are self-adjoint operators with A−B∈Sp. We also obtain sharp estimates for the Schatten-von Neumann norms ‖f(A)−f(B)Sp/α_‖ in terms of ‖A−BSp_‖ and establish similar results for other operator ideals. We also estimate Schatten-von Neumann norms of higher order differences . We prove that analogous results hold for functions on the unit circle and unitary operators and for analytic functions in the unit disk and contractions. Then we find necessary conditions on f for f(A)−f(B) to belong to Sq under the assumption that A−B∈Sp. We also obtain Schatten-von Neumann estimates for quasicommutators f(A)R−Rf(B), and introduce a spectral shift function and find a trace formula for operators of the form f(A−K)−2f(A)+f(A+K).     

Topological divisors of zero and Shilov boundary

Let L be a field complete for a non-trivial ultrametric absolute value and let (A,‖⋅‖) be a commutative normed L-algebra with unity whose spectral semi-norm is ‖⋅_‖si. Let Mult(A,‖⋅‖) be the set of continuous multiplicative semi-norms of A, let S be the Shilov boundary for (A,‖⋅_‖si) and let ψ∈Mult(A,‖⋅_‖si). Then ψ belongs to S if and only if for every neighborhood U of ψ in Mult(A,‖⋅‖), there exists θ∈U and g∈A satisfying ‖g_‖si=θ(g) and . Suppose A is uniform, let f∈A and let Z(f)={?∈Mult(A,‖⋅‖)|?(f)=0}. Then f is a topological divisor of zero if and only if there exists ψ∈S such that ψ(f)=0. Suppose now A is complete. If f is not a divisor of zero, then it is a topological divisor of zero if and only if the ideal fA is not closed in A. Suppose A is ultrametric, complete and Noetherian. All topological divisors of zero are divisors of zero. This applies to affinoid algebras. Let A be a Krasner algebra H(D) without non-trivial idempotents: an element f∈H(D) is a topological divisor of zero if and only if fH(D) is not a closed ideal; moreover, H(D) is a principal ideal ring if and only if it has no topological divisors of zero but 0 (this new condition adds to the well-known set of equivalent conditions found in 1969).     

Density of sets of natural numbers and the Lévy group

Let N denote the set of positive integers. The asymptotic density of the set A⊆N is d(A)=limn→∞|A∩[1,n]|/n, if this limit exists. Let AD denote the set of all sets of positive integers that have asymptotic density, and let SN denote the set of all permutations of the positive integers N. The group L^? consists of all permutations f∈SN such that A∈AD if and only if f(A)∈AD, and the group L^* consists of all permutations f∈L^? such that d(f(A))=d(A) for all A∈AD. Let be a one-to-one function such that d(f(N))=1 and, if A∈AD, then f(A)∈AD. It is proved that f must also preserve density, that is, d(f(A))=d(A) for all A∈AD. Thus, the groups L^? and L^* coincide.     

An Erd?s-Ko-Rado theorem for partial permutations

Let [n] denote the set of positive integers {1,2,…,n}. An r-partial permutation of [n] is a pair (A,f) where A⊆[n], |A|=r and f:A→[n] is an injective map. A set A of r-partial permutations is intersecting if for any (A,f), (B,g)∈A, there exists x∈A∩B such that f(x)=g(x). We prove that for any intersecting family A of r-partial permutations, we have .It seems rather hard to characterize the case of equality. For 8?r?n-3, we show that equality holds if and only if there exist x₀ and ε₀ such that A consists of all (A,f) for which x₀∈A and f(x₀)=ε₀.     

Essential point spectra of operator matrices trough local spectral theory

For A∈B(X), B∈B(Y) and C∈B(Y,X), let MC be the operator defined on X⊕Y by . In this paper, we study defect set (Σ(A)∪Σ(B))?Σ(MC), where Σ is the Browder spectrum, the essential approximate point spectrum and Browder essential approximate point spectrum. We then give application for Weyl's and Browder's theorems.     

The maximum saving partition problem

The input to the MAXIMUM SAVING PARTITION PROBLEM consists of a set V={1,…,n}, weights w_i, a function f, and a family S of feasible subsets of V. The output is a partition (S₁,…,S_l) such that S_i∈S, and is maximized. We present a general -approximation algorithm, and improved algorithms for special cases of the function f.     

Generalized Haar integral

The aim of the paper is to generalize the notion of the Haar integral. For a compact semigroup S acting continuously on a Hausdorff compact space Ω, the algebra A(S)⊂C(Ω,R) of S-invariant functions and the linear space M(S) of S-invariant (real-valued) finite signed measures are considered. It is shown that if S has a left and right invariant measure, then the dual space of A(S) is isometrically lattice-isomorphic to M(S) and that there exists a unique linear operator (called the Haar integral) such that for each f∈A(S) and for any f∈C(Ω,R) and s∈S, , where .     

Elementary operators on self-adjoint operators

Let H be a Hilbert space and let A and B be standard ∗-operator algebras on H. Denote by As and Bs the set of all self-adjoint operators in A and B, respectively. Assume that and are surjective maps such that M(AM^∗(B)A)=M(A)BM(A) and M^∗(BM(A)B)=M^∗(B)AM^∗(B) for every pair A∈As, B∈Bs. Then there exist an invertible bounded linear or conjugate-linear operator and a constant c∈{−1,1} such that M(A)=cTAT^∗, A∈As, and M^∗(B)=cT^∗BT, B∈Bs.     

Maps preserving the nilpotency of products of operators

Let B(X) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on the Banach space X, and let N(X) be the set of nilpotent operators in B(X). Suppose ?:B(X)→B(X) is a surjective map such that A,B∈B(X) satisfy AB∈N(X) if and only if ?(A)?(B)∈N(X). If X is infinite dimensional, then there exists a map f:B(X)→C?{0} such that one of the following holds:

(a)

There is a bijective bounded linear or conjugate-linear operator S:X→X such that ? has the form A?S[f(A)A]S^-1.

(b)

The space X is reflexive, and there exists a bijective bounded linear or conjugate-linear operator S : X′ → X such that ? has the form A ? S[f(A)A′]S⁻¹.

If X has dimension n with 3 ? n < ∞, and B(X) is identified with the algebra M_n of n × n complex matrices, then there exist a map f:M_n→C?{0}, a field automorphism ξ:C→C, and an invertible S ∈ M_n such that ? has one of the following forms:

     

Doubly nonlinear periodic problems with unbounded operators

The solvability of the evolution system v′(t)+B(t)u(t)∋f(t), v(t)∈A(t)u(t), 0<t<T, with the periodic condition v(0)=v(T) is investigated in the case where are bounded, possibly degenerate, subdifferentials and are unbounded subdifferentials.     

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.     

Kuznietsov trace formula and weighted distribution of Hecke eigenvalues

Let (X,μ) be a measurable topological space. Let S₁,S₂,… be a family of finite subsets of X. Suppose each x∈S_i has a weight w_ix∈R⁺ assigned to it. We say {S_i} is {w_i}-distributed with respect to the measure μ if for any continuous function f on X, we have .Let S(N,k) be the space of modular cusp forms over Γ₀(N) of weight k and let be a basis which consists of Hecke eigenforms. Let a_r(h) be the rth Fourier coefficient of h. Let x_p^h be the eigenvalue of h relative to the normalized Hecke operator T′_p. Let ||·|| be the Petersson norm on S(N,k). In this paper we will show that for any even integer k?3, is -distributed with respect to a polynomial times the Sato-Tate measure when N→∞.     

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.     

Erd?s-Ko-Rado for three sets

Fix integers k?3 and n?3k/2. Let F be a family of k-sets of an n-element set so that whenever A,B,C∈F satisfy |A∪B∪C|?2k, we have A∩B∩C≠∅. We prove that with equality only when ?_F∈FF≠∅. This settles a conjecture of Frankl and Füredi [2], who proved the result for n?k²+3k.     

Converse theorem for the Minkowski inequality

Let (Ω,Σ,μ) a measure space such that 0<μ(A)<1<μ(B)<∞ for some A,B∈Σ. Under some natural conditions on the bijective functions φ,φ₁,φ₂,ψ,ψ₁,ψ₂:(0,∞)→(0,∞) we prove that if

     

Spanning multi-paths in hypercubes

A set A of vertices of a hypercube is called balanced if . We prove that for every natural number n there exists a natural number π₁(n) such that for every hypercube Q with dim(Q)?π₁(n) there exists a family of pairwise vertex-disjoint paths P_i between A_i and B_i for i=1,2,…,n with if and only if {A_i,B_i∣i=1,2,…,n} is a balanced set.     

A measure-theoretic proof of Turing incomparability

We prove that if S is an ω-model of weak weak König’s lemma and , is incomputable, then there exists , such that A and B are Turing incomparable. This extends a recent result of Ku?era and Slaman who proved that if S₀ is a Scott set (i.e. an ω-model of weak König’s lemma) and A∈S₀, A⊆ω, is incomputable, then there exists B∈S₀, B⊆ω, such that A and B are Turing incomparable.     

Convex Komlós sets in Banach function spaces

In 1967 Komlós proved that for any sequence n{fn} in L₁(μ), with ‖fn‖?M<∞ (where μ is a probability measure), there exists a subsequence n{gn} of n{fn} and a function g∈L₁(μ) such that for any further subsequence n{hn} of n{gn},