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.     

Characterization of chaotic order and its applications to furuta's type operator inequalities

Very recently, we obtained a simple characterization of the chaotic order log A≥log B among positive invertible operators AB on a Hilbert space. In this note, we discuss Furuta's type operator inequalities as applications of our characterization of the chaotic order.     

Geometric properties of positive definite matrices cone with respect to the Thompson metric

We shall discuss geometric properties of a quadrangle with parallelogramic properties in a convex cone of positive definite matrices with respect to Thompson metric.     

On the filling in holes problem for operator matrices

We consider upper-triangular 2-by-2 operator matrices and are interested in the set that has to be added to certain spectra of the matrix in order to get the union of the corresponding spectra of the two diagonal operators. We show that in the cases of the Browder essential approximate point spectrum, the upper semi-Fredholm spectrum, or the lower semi-Fredholm spectrum the set in question need not to be an open set but may be just a singleton. In addition, we modify and extend known results on Hilbert space operators to operators on Banach spaces.     

On the Salas Theorem and Hypercyclicity of f(T)

We study hypercyclicity properties of functions of Banach space operators. Generalizations of the results of Herzog–Schmoeger and Bermudez–Miller are obtained. As a corollary we also show that each non-trivial operator commuting with a generalized backward shift is supercyclic. This gives a positive answer to a conjecture of Godefroy and Shapiro. Furthermore, we show that the norm-closures of the set of all hypercyclic (mixing, chaotic, frequently hypercyclic, respectively) operators on a Hilbert space coincide. This implies that the set of all hypercyclic operators that do not satisfy the hypercyclicity criterion is rather small—of first category (in the norm-closure of hypercyclic operators).     

Eigenvalue asymptotics for an elliptic boundary problem involving an indefinite weight

We are concerned here with the eigenvalue asymptotics for a non-selfadjoint elliptic boundary problem involving an indefinite weight function which vanishes on a set of positive measure. The asymptotic behaviour of the eigenvalues is well known for the case of second order operators. However for higher order operators, results have only been established under the restriction that the order of the operator exceeds the dimension of the underlying Euclidean space in which the problem is set. In this paper we establish the eigenvalue asymptotics for the case of higher order operators without any such restriction.Supported in part by the John Knopfmacher Centre for Applicable Analysis and Number Theory, University of the Witwatersrand.     

On spectral resolutions connected with self-adjoint differential vector-operators in a Hilbert space

We show that spectral resolutions of differential vector-operators may be represented as a specific direct sum integral operator with a kernel written in terms of generalized vector-operator eigenfunctions. Then we prove that a generalized eigenfunction measurable with respect to the spectral parameter may be decomposed using a set of analytical defining systems of coordinate operators.     

To the theory of operator monotone and operator convex functions

We prove that a real function is operator monotone (operator convex) if the corresponding monotonicity (convexity) inequalities are valid for some normal state on the algebra of all bounded operators in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. We describe the class of convex operator functions with respect to a given von Neumann algebra in dependence of types of direct summands in this algebra. We prove that if a function from ℝ⁺ into ℝ⁺ is monotone with respect to a von Neumann algebra, then it is also operator monotone in the sense of the natural order on the set of positive self-adjoint operators affiliated with this algebra.     

Approximation by chaotic operators and by conjugate classes

We show that every bounded linear operator on a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space H is the sum of two operators in the norm-closure of the set of operators on H that are chaotic in the sense of Devaney. We also observe that the density of several classes of cyclic operators, with respect to the strong operator topology, may be derived from a result by Hadwin et al. (Proc Amer. Math. Soc. 76 (1979) 250-252).     

On operator order and chaotic operator order for two operators

In this paper we characterize operator order A?B?O and chaotic operator order log A?logB for positive and invertible operators A and B in terms of operator inequalities via the Furuta inequality and operator equalities due to the Douglas’s majorization and factorization. Related results are obtained, which include generalizations and characterizations of some well-known results.     

Operator ranges and non-cyclic vectors for the backward shift

In this paper we look at operators on the Hardy spaceH ²(D) with range containing all of the non-cyclic vectors of the backward shift. We show several classes of such operators must be surjective, including Toeplitz, Hankel and composition operators.     

Isometries, Fock spaces, and spectral analysis of Schrödinger operators on trees

We construct conjugate operators for the real part of a completely non-unitary isometry and we give applications to the spectral and scattering theory of a class of operators on (complete) Fock spaces, natural generalizations of the Schrödinger operators on trees. We consider C^*-algebras generated by such Hamiltonians with certain types of anisotropy at infinity, we compute their quotient with respect to the ideal of compact operators, and give formulas for the essential spectrum of these Hamiltonians.     

Qualitative behavior of the Lorenz‐like chaotic system describing the flow between two concentric rotating spheres

In this article, the bounds of the Lorenz‐like chaotic system describing the flow between two concentric rotating spheres have been studied. Based on Lagrange multiplier method, the function extremum theory and the generalized positive definite and radially unbound Lyapunov functions with respect to the parameters of the system, we derive the ultimate bound and the globally exponentially attractive set for this system. The results that obtained in this article provides theory basis for chaotic synchronization, chaotic control, Hausdorff dimension and the Lyapunov dimension of chaotic attractors. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 67–72, 2016     

Hyperreflexivity of finite-dimensional subspaces

We show that each reflexive finite-dimensional subspace of operators is hyperreflexive. This gives a positive answer to a problem of Kraus and Larson. We also show that each n-dimensional subspace of Hilbert space operators is -hyperreflexive.     

Stopping criteria for the Ando-Li-Mathias and Bini-Meini-Poloni geometric means

We provide an upper bound for the number of iterations necessary to achieve a desired level of accuracy for the Ando-Li-Mathias [Linear Algebra Appl. 385 (2004) 305-334] and Bini-Meini-Poloni [Math. Comput. 79 (2010) 437-452] symmetrization procedures for computing the geometric mean of n positive definite matrices, where accuracy is measured by the spectral norm and the Thompson metric on the convex cone of positive definite matrices. It is shown that the upper bound for the number of iterations depends only on the diameter of the set of n matrices and the desired convergence tolerance. A striking result is that the upper bound decreases as n increases on any bounded region of positive definite matrices.     

On the η‐function for bisingular pseudodifferential operators

In this work we consider the η‐invariant for pseudodifferential operators of tensor product type, also called bisingular pseudodifferential operators. We study complex powers of classical bisingular operators. We prove the trace property for the Wodzicki residue of bisingular operators and show how the residues of the η‐function can be expressed in terms of the Wodzicki trace of a projection operator. Then we calculate the K‐theory of the algebra of 0‐order (global) bisingular operators. With these preparations we establish the regularity properties of the η‐function at the origin for global bisingular operators which are self‐adjoint, elliptic and of positive orders.     

Invariant Subspaces of Positive Quasinilpotent Operators on Ordered Banach Spaces

In this paper we find invariant subspaces of certain positive quasinilpotent operators on Krein spaces and, more generally, on ordered Banach spaces with closed generating cones. In the later case, we use the method of minimal vectors. We present applications to Sobolev spaces, spaces of differentiable functions, and C*-algebras.