k-Quasihyponormal operators are subscalar

In this paper we shall prove that if an operatorT∈L(⊕ ₁ ² H) is an operator matrix of the form $$T = left( {begin{array}{*{20}c} {T_1 } & {T_2 } 0 & {T_3 } end{array} } right)$$ whereT ₁ is hyponormal andT ₃ ^k =0, thenT is subscalar of order 2(k+1). Hence non-trivial invariant subspaces are known to exist if the spectrum ofT has interior in the plane as a result of a theorem of Eschmeier and Prunaru (see [EP]). As a corollary we get that anyk-quasihyponormal operators are subscalar.