Products of orthogonal projections as Carleman operators

In this paper, we consider the product of two orthogonal projectionsP andQ on a separable, infinite dimensional Hilbert spaceH. For the operatorQP, there holds the dichotomy:QP is either a Carleman operator or a semi-Fredholm operator with finite defect. Both cases are characterized in terms of the dimensions of the ranges and null spaces ofP andQ and some of their intersections. This extends the case, whereP andQ are the special projections onto the subspaces of time- and band-limited functions inL ²() resp., first considered by Slepian, Pollak and Landau.     

Products of orthogonal projections

We give a characterization of operators on a separable Hilbert space of norm less than one that can be represented as products of orthogonal projections and give an estimate on the number of factors. We also describe the norm closure of the set of all products of orthogonal projections.

     

Multicommutators and multianticommutators of orthogonal projections

We establish sufficient and necessary conditions for an n?×?n Hermitian matrix A to be a multicommutator or a multianticommutator of orthoprojections.     

The product of affine orthogonal projections

In the case of a finite number of subspaces in a given Hilbert space, by a theorem of J. von Neumann, the iteration of the product of projectors is always convergent. In a finite dimensional Hilbert space, this theorem has been generalized for affine subspaces. In this paper we construct an example which shows that this result does not hold in the infinite dimensional case.     

Solving systems of nonlinear equations by means of an accelerated successive orthogonal projections method

In this paper we introduce an acceleration procedure for a block version of the generalization of Kaczmarz's method for nonlinear systems of equations. We prove a local linear convergence theorem. Some numerical experiments are presented, which show that the new method improves the nonlinear Kaczmarz's method without acceleration.     

Bessel sequences of exponentials on fractal measures

Jorgensen and Pedersen have proven that a certain fractal measure ν has no infinite set of complex exponentials which form an orthonormal set in L²(ν). We prove that any fractal measure μ obtained from an affine iterated function system possesses a sequence of complex exponentials which forms a Riesz basic sequence, or more generally a Bessel sequence, in L²(μ) such that the frequencies have positive Beurling dimension.     

On perturbation bounds for orthogonal projections

In this paper, we present some new perturbation bounds for the orthogonal projections onto the column and row spaces of a matrix, which improve some existing results. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate our results.     

Products of orthogonal projections and polar decompositions

We characterize the sets X of all products PQ, and Y of all products PQP, where P,Q run over all orthogonal projections and we solve the problems argmin{‖P-Q‖:(P,Q)∈Z}, for Z=X or Y. We also determine the polar decompositions and Moore-Penrose pseudoinverses of elements of X.     

Monotonic sequences related to zeros of Bessel functions

In the course of their work on Salem numbers and uniform distribution modulo 1, A. Akiyama and Y. Tanigawa proved some inequalities concerning the values of the Bessel function J ₀ at multiples of π, i.e., at the zeros of J _1/2. This raises the question of inequalities and monotonicity properties for the sequences of values of one cylinder function at the zeros of another such function. Here we derive such results by differential equations methods.     

Polytopes which are orthogonal projections of regular simplexes

We consider the polytopes which are certain orthogonal projections of k-dimensional regular simplexes in k-dimensional Euclidean space R ^k . We call such polytopes -polytopes. Every sufficiently symmetric polytope, such as a regular polytope, a quasi-regular polyhedron, etc., belongs to this class. We denote by P _m,n all n-dimensional -polytopes with m vertices. We show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the elements of P _m,n and those of P _m,m–n–1 and that this correspondence preserves the symmetry of -polytopes. Using this duality, we determine some of the P _m,n 's. We also show that a -polytope is an orthogonal projection of a cross polytope if and only if it has central symmetry.     

Subspaces,angles and pairs of orthogonal projections

We give a new proof for the Wedin theorem on the simultaneous unitary similarity transformation of two orthogonal projections and show that it is equivalent to Halmos' theorem on the unitary equivalence of projection pairs. As a consequence of these theorems, we derive several results on pairs of orthogonal projections, relative subspace positions and oblique projections as well.     

Finite extensions of generalized Bessel sequences to generalized frames

The objective of this paper is to investigate the question of modifying a given generalized Bessel sequence to yield a generalized frame or a tight generalized frame by finite extension. Some necessary and sufficient conditions for the finite extensions of generalized Bessel sequences to generalized frames or tight generalized frames are provided, and every result is illustrated by the corresponding example.     

Discrete orthogonal projections on multiple knot periodic splines

This paper establishes properties of discrete orthogonal projections on periodic spline spaces of order r, with knots that are equally spaced and of arbitrary multiplicity Mr. The discrete orthogonal projection is expressed in terms of a quadrature rule formed by mapping a fixed J-point rule to each sub-interval. The results include stability with respect to discrete and continuous norms, convergence, commutator and superapproximation properties. A key role is played by a novel basis for the spline space of multiplicity M, which reduces to a familiar basis when M=1.     

Bessel sequences,wavelet frames,duals and extensions

From the perspectives of duality and extensions, Gabor frames and wavelet frames have contrasting behaviour. Our chief concern here is about duality. Canonical duals of wavelet frames may not be wavelet frames, whereas canonical duals of Gabor frames are Gabor frames. Keeping these in view, we give several constructions of wavelet frames with wavelet canonical duals. For this, a simple characterisation of Bessel sequences and a general commutativity result are given, the former also leading naturally to some extension results.