Generalization of the Newman-Shapiro isometry theorem and Toeplitz operators

We give a generalization of the Newman-Shapiro Isometry Theorem to the case of Hilbert space-valued entire functions, which are square-summable with respect to the Gaussian measure on ⁿ , together with some applications in the theory of Toeplitz operators with operator-valued symbols. The study of various properties (such as density of domains, cores, closedness and boundedness from below) of these operators in illustrated with many relevant examples.Research supported by KBN under grant no. 2 P03A 041 10.     

An operator version of the Newman-Shapiro isometry theorem

We establish an operator version of the Newman — Shapiro Isometry Theorem for operators satisfying generalized canonical commutation relations. An application to operator inequalities is also given.     

Algebraic reflexivity of sets of bounded operators on vector valued Lipschitz functions

In this paper we establish algebraic reflexivity properties of subsets of bounded linear operators acting on spaces of vector valued Lipschitz functions. We also derive a representation for the generalized bi-circular projections on these spaces.     

On strictly separating vectors and reflexivity

It is shown that the set of strongly disjoint pairs of strictly separating vectors for an operator space is open, and an operator subspace having a strongly disjoint pair of strictly separating vectors is reflexive. Some applications are discussed.     

Characteristic Functions for Ergodic Tuples

Motivated by a result on weak Markov dilations, we define a notion of characteristic function for ergodic and coisometric row contractions with a one-dimensional invariant subspace for the adjoints. This extends a definition given by G. Popescu. We prove that our characteristic function is a complete unitary invariant for such tuples and show how it can be computed.     

Operators of Fourier type <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> with respect to some subgroups of a locally compact Abelian group

It is shown that all Banach space operators which have Fourier type p(1 < p 2) with respect to a second countable locally compact abelian group G also have Fourier type p with respect to every closed discrete subgroup H of G. The same statement holds for any closed subgroup H of G when p = 2. Also shown as a corollary is that Fourier type 2 operators have Walsh type 2. Received: 10 June 2002     

On the Essential Lower Bound of Elements in von Neumann Algebras

In this paper we obtain a number of interesting results on the connection that exists between the essential lower bound of an element in a von Neumann algebra and its Fredholm properties. These connections lead to an extension of a well-known perturbation theorem on Fredholm operators of index zero. Finally we obtain for special cases necessary and sufficient conditions for elements in the closure of the group of invertible elements to be essentially topological divisor of zero     

Spectral measures,III: Densely defined spectral measures

In this paper we extend the theory of spectral measures developed in Parts I and II to the case where values are assumed in the set of discontinuous (in normed spaces „unbounded”) operators. Examples of operators in nonlocally convex spaces are given, which have densely defined measures.     

On the Friedrichs extension of some block operator matrices

We give a matrix representation for the resolvent of the Friedrichs extension of some semibounded 2×2 operator matrices and study their essential spectrum.     

Algebraic Order Bounded Disjointness Preserving Operators and Strongly Diagonal Operators

Let T be an order bounded disjointness preserving operator on an Archimedean vector lattice. The main result in this paper shows that T is algebraic if and only if there exist natural numbers m and n such that n ≥ m, and T^n!, when restricted to the vector sublattice generated by the range of T^m, is an algebraic orthomorphism. Moreover, n (respectively, m) can be chosen as the degree (respectively, the multiplicity of 0 as a root) of the minimal polynomial of T. In the process of proving this result, we define strongly diagonal operators and study algebraic order bounded disjointness preserving operators and locally algebraic orthomorphisms. In addition, we introduce a type of completeness on Archimedean vector lattices that is necessary and sufficient for locally algebraic orthomorphisms to coincide with algebraic orthomorphisms.     

Ordered Involutive Operator Spaces

This is a companion to recent papers of the authors; here we construct the ‘noncommutative Shilov boundary’ of a (possibly nonunital) selfadjoint ordered space of Hilbert space operators. The morphisms in the universal property of the boundary preserve order. As an application, we consider ‘maximal’ and ‘minimal’ unitizations of such ordered operator spaces.     

Topologically Algebraic Algebras

We show that a locally convex algebra is topologically algebraic if, and only if, it is algebraic.Thanks are offered to Professor M. Oudadess for many remarks which allowed an improvement of the first version of this paper. We are also indebted to Professor A. Mallios for valuable suggestions.     

Smooth points in some spaces of bounded operators

We determine the smooth points of certain spaces of bounded operatorsL(X,Y), including the cases whereX andY arel ^p -orc ₀-direct sums of finite dimensional Banach spaces or subspaces of the latter enjoying the metric compact approximation property. We also remark that the operators not attaining their norm are nowhere dense inL(X,Y) wheneverK(X,Y) is anM-ideal inL(X,Y).     

Ideals of operators and the metric approximation property

We prove that a Banach space X has the metric approximation property if and only if , the space of all finite rank operators, is an ideal in , the space of all bounded operators, for every Banach space Y. Moreover, X has the shrinking metric approximation property if and only if is an ideal in for every Banach space Y.Similar results are obtained for u-ideals and the corresponding unconditional metric approximation properties.     

Subordinate solutions and spectral measures of canonical systems

The theory of 2×2 trace-normed canonical systems of differential equations on ?⁺ can be put in the framework of abstract extension theory, cf. [9]. This includes the theory of strings as developed by I.S. Kac and M.G. Kre?n. In the present paper the spectral properties of such canonical systems are characterized by means of subordinate solutions. The theory of subordinacy for Schrödinger operators on the halfline ?⁺, was originally developed D.J. Gilbert and D.B. Pearson. Its extension to the framework of canonical systems makes it possible to describe the spectral measure of any Nevanlinna function in terms of subordinate solutions of the corresponding trace-normed canonical system, which is uniquely determined by a result of L. de Branges.     

On the Riesz representation theorem and integral operators

We present a Riesz representation theorem in the setting of extended integration theory as introduced in [6]. The result is used to obtain boundedness theorems for integral operators in the more general setting of spaces of vector valued extended integrable functions.     

On subspaces of non-commutative Lp-spaces

We study some structural aspects of the subspaces of the non-commutative (Haagerup) L_p-spaces associated with a general (non-necessarily semi-finite) von Neumann algebra . If a subspace X of contains uniformly the spaces ?_pⁿ, n?1, it contains an almost isometric, almost 1-complemented copy of ?_p. If X contains uniformly the finite dimensional Schatten classes S_pⁿ, it contains their ?_p-direct sum too. We obtain a version of the classical Kadec-Pe?czyński dichotomy theorem for L_p-spaces, p?2. We also give operator space versions of these results. The proofs are based on previous structural results on the ultrapowers of , together with a careful analysis of the elements of an ultrapower which are disjoint from the subspace . These techniques permit to recover a recent result of N. Randrianantoanina concerning a subsequence splitting lemma for the general non-commutative L_p spaces. Various notions of p-equiintegrability are studied (one of which is equivalent to Randrianantoanina's one) and some results obtained by Haagerup, Rosenthal and Sukochev for L_p-spaces based on finite von Neumann algebras concerning subspaces of containing ?_p are extended to the general case.     

Algebraic and essentially algebraic composition operators onC(X)

Summary Given a compact Hausdorff spaceX, we may associate with every continuous mapa: X X a composition operatorC _a onC(X) by the rule(C _a f)(x) = f(a(x)). We describe all self-mapsa for whichC _a is an algebraic operator or an essentially algebraic operator (i.e. an operator algebraic modulo compact operators), determine the characteristic polynomialp _a (z) and the essentially characteristic polynomialq _a (z) in these cases and show how the connectivity ofX may be characterized in terms of the quotientsp _a (z)/q _a (z). Research supported by the Alfried Krupp Förderpreis für junge Hochschullehrer.     

A construction of unitary linear systems

A construction is made of a unitary linear system whose transfer function is a given power seriesB(z) with operator coefficients such that multiplication byB(z) is an everywhere defined transformation in the space of square summable power series with vector coefficients. A condition is also given for the existence of an observable linear system with such a transfer function. For both constructions properties of the spaces are given which imply essential uniqueness of linear systems with given transfer functions. A canonical conjugate-isometric linear system is uniquely determined by its transfer function whenever the state space is a Pontryagin space.