Approximation and Similarity Classification of Stably Finitely Strongly Irreducible Decomposable Operators

Let 𝓗 be a complex separable Hilbert space and ℒ(𝓗) denote the collection of bounded linear operators on 𝓗. In this paper, we show that for any operator A ∈ ℒ(𝓗), there exists a stably finitely (SI) decomposable operator A∈, such that ‖A−A∈‖ 𝓗 ∈ andA′(A∈)/ rad A′(A∈) is commutative, where rad A′(A∈) is the Jacobson radical of A′(A∈). Moreover, we give a similarity classification of the stably finitely decomposable operators that generalizes the result on similarity classification of Cowen–Douglas operators given by C. L. Jiang.

Equality of essential spectra of quasisimilar operators with property (δ)

A Banach space operator has property (δ) if and only if it is the quotient of a decomposable operator, equivalently, if and only if its adjoint has Bishop's property (β). Within this class of operators, it is shown that quasisimilarity preserves essential spectra.

Universal notions characterizing spectral decompositions

In this note we characterize certain types of spectral decomposition in terms of “universal” notions valid for any operator on a Banach space. To be precise, let X be a complex Banach space and let T be a bounded linear operator on X. If F is a closed set in the plane C, let X(T, F) consist of all y ∈ X satisfying thes identitywhere f:C\F → X is analytic. It is then easy to see that X(T, F) is a T-invariant linear manifold in X. Moreover, if y ∈ X thenis a compact subset of the spectrum σ(T). Our aim is to give necessary and sufficient conditions for a decomposable or strongly decomposable operator in terms of X(T, F) and γ(y, T). Recall that T is decomposable if whenever G1G2 are open and cover C there exist T-invariant closed linear manifolds M1, M2 with X= M1 + M2 and σ(T | M1) ⊂ Gi(i = 1,2) (equivalently, σ(T | Mi)⊂ Ḡi, see [4, p. 57]). In this case, X(T, F) is norm closed if Fis closed and each y in X has a unique maximally defined local resolvent satisfying (1.1) on C\Fy; Fy is called the local spectrum σ(y, T) and coincides with γ(y, T). Hence T has the single valued extension property (SVEP); i.e., zero is the only analytic function f:V → X satisfying (z − T)f(z) = 0 on V. If T is decomposable and the restriction T | X(T, F) is also decomposable for each closed F, then T is called strongly decomposable. We point out that Albrecht [2] has shown by example that not every decomposable operator is strongly decomposable, while Eschmeier [6]has given a simpler construction to show that this phenomenon occurs even in Hilbert space.

Strongly analytic spaces in spectral decomposition

It is now well-known that decomposable operators have a rich structure theory; in particular, an operator is decomposable iff its adjoint is [3]. There are many other criteria for decomposability [8], [9]. In Theorem 2.2 of this paper (see below) we give several new ones. Some of these (e.g. (ii), (iii)) are “relaxations” of conditions given in [7] and [8]. Assertion (vi) is a version of a result in [10]. Characterizations (iv)and (v) are novel in two respects. For instance, (v) states that an operator Tcan be “patched” together into a decomposable operator if it has an invariant subspace Y such that T | Y and the coinduced operator T | Y are both decomposable. Secondly, in this way the strongly analytic subspace appears in the theory of spectral decomposition.

A purely analytic criterion for a decomposable operator

In [3] E. Bishop introduced the notion of an operator with a “duality theory of type 3” and gave a certain sufficient condition for an operator to have a duality theory of type 3. In this note we show that in fact Bishop's sufficient condition implies that a given operator is decomposable [4]. Moreover, this condition characterizes a decomposable operator.

On Decomposability of Compact Perturbations of Normal Operators

The main purpose of this paper is to show that a bounded Hilbert-space operator whose imaginary part is in the Schatten class Cp(1 ≦ p < ∞ ) is strongly decomposable. This answers affirmatively a question raised by Colojoara and Foias [6, Section 5(e), p. 218].In case 0 ≦ T* — T ∈ C1, it was shown by B. Sz.-Nagy and C. Foias [2, p. 442; 25, p. 337] that T has many properties analogous to those of a decomposable operator and by A. Jafarian [11] that T is strongly decomposable. The authors of [11] and [24] employ the properties of the characteristic function of the contraction operator obtained from the Cayley transform of T;