Self-commutator inequalities in higher dimension

Three natural multi-dimensional substitutes for the self-commutator of a Hilbert space operator are introduced and generalizations of Putnam's inequality to tuples of operators with semidefinite self-commutators are indicated. In addition, a Riesz transform model is developed and investigated.

     

Reflexivity of Operator Weighted Shifts

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Aluthge iterations of weighted translation semigroups

The problem whether Aluthge iteration of bounded operators on a Hilbert space H is convergent was introduced in [I. Jung, E. Ko, C. Pearcy, Aluthge transforms of operators, Integral Equations Operator Theory 37 (2000) 437-448]. And the problem whether the hyponormal operators on H with dimH=∞ has a convergent Aluthge iteration under the strong operator topology remains an open problem [I. Jung, E. Ko, C. Pearcy, The iterated Aluthge transform of an operator, Integral Equations Operator Theory 45 (2003) 375-387]. In this note we consider symbols with a fractional monotone property which generalizes hyponormality and 2-expansivity on weighted translation semigroups, and prove that if {St} is a weighted translation semigroup whose symbol has the fractional monotone property, then its Aluthge iteration converges to a quasinormal operator under the strong operator topology.     

Weakly supercyclic operators

Inspired by a recent result that a weakly hypercyclic operator may fail to be norm hypercyclic, we show there exists a weakly supercyclic operator that fails to be norm supercyclic. Moreover, despite a classical result of Hilden and Wallen that every unilateral weighted backward shift is supercyclic, we show such an operator may have a weakly supercyclic vector that is not a norm supercyclic vector. In addition to these results, we extend a result of Kitai by showing a hyponormal operator cannot be weakly hypercyclic.     

Hyponormal operators with rank-two self-commutators

In this paper it is shown that if T∈L(H) satisfies

(i)

T is a pure hyponormal operator;

(ii)

[T^∗,T] is of rank two; and

(iii)

ker[T^∗,T] is invariant for T,

then T is either a subnormal operator or the Putinar's matricial model of rank two. More precisely, if T_|ker[T^∗,T] has a rank-one self-commutator then T is subnormal and if instead T_|ker[T^∗,T] has a rank-two self-commutator then T is either a subnormal operator or the kth minimal partially normal extension, , of a (k+1)-hyponormal operator Tk which has a rank-two self-commutator for any k∈Z₊. Hence, in particular, every weakly subnormal (or 2-hyponormal) operator with a rank-two self-commutator is either a subnormal operator or a finite rank perturbation of a k-hyponormal operator for any k∈Z₊.     

On the Carey–Helton–Howe–Pincus trace formula

In this article, we give a new proof of the Carey–Helton–Howe–Pincus trace formula using Kato's theory of “relatively-smooth” operators and Krein's trace formula.     

Characterizations of normal, hyponormal and EP operators

In this paper normal and hyponormal operators with closed ranges, as well as EP operators, are characterized in arbitrary Hilbert spaces. All characterizations involve generalized inverses. Thus, recent results of S. Cheng and Y. Tian [S. Cheng, Y. Tian, Two sets of new characterizations for normal and EP matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 375 (2003) 181-195] are extended to infinite-dimensional settings.     

On the commutant of hyponormal operators

Let be a pure hyponormal operator with compact self-commutator. We show that the unit ball of the commutant of is compact in the strong operator topology.

     

Invariant subspaces for polynomially hyponormal operators

We show that if is a bounded operator on a Hilbert space such that for every polynomial , then has a nontrivial invariant subspace.

     

A gap between hyponormality and subnormality for block Toeplitz operators

This paper concerns a gap between hyponormality and subnormality for block Toeplitz operators. We show that there is no gap between 2-hyponormality and subnormality for a certain class of trigonometric block Toeplitz operators (e.g., its co-analytic outer coefficient is invertible). In addition we consider the extremal cases for the hyponormality of trigonometric block Toeplitz operators: in this case, hyponormality and normality coincide.