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Commuting families of polygonal type operators on Hilbert space

Functional Analysis 2025-02-05 v2

Abstract

Let T ⁣:HHT\colon H\to H be a bounded operator on Hilbert space. We say that TT has a polygonal type if there exists an open convex polygon ΔD\Delta\subset {\mathbb D}, with ΔT\overline{\Delta}\cap{\mathbb T}\neq\emptyset, such that the spectrum σ(T)\sigma(T) is included in Δ\overline{\Delta} and the resolvent R(z,T)R(z,T) satisfies an estimate R(z,T)max{zξ1:ξΔT}\Vert R(z,T)\Vert \lesssim \max\{\vert z-\xi\vert^{-1}\, :\, \xi\in \overline{\Delta}\cap{\mathbb T}\} for zDcz\in\overline{\mathbb D}^c. The class of polygonal type operators (which goes back to De Laubenfels and Franks-McIntosh) contains the class of Ritt operators. Let T1,,TdT_1,\ldots,T_d be commuting operators on HH, with d3d\geq 3. We prove functional calculus properties of the dd-tuple (T1,,Td)(T_1,\ldots,T_d) under various assumptions involving poygonal type. The main ones are the following. (1) If the TkT_k are contractions for all k=1,,dk=1,\ldots,d and if T1,,Td2T_1,\ldots,T_{d-2} have a polygonal type, then (T1,,Td)(T_1,\ldots,T_d) satisfies a generalized von Neumann inequality ϕ(T1,,Td)Cϕ,Dd\Vert \phi(T_1,\ldots,T_d)\Vert \leq C\Vert\phi\Vert_{\infty,{\mathbb D}^d} for polynomials ϕ\phi in dd variables; (2) If TkT_k is polynomially bounded with a polygonal type for all k=1,,dk=1,\ldots,d, then there exists an invertible operator S ⁣:HHS\colon H\to H such that S1TkS1\Vert S^{-1}T_kS\Vert \leq 1 for all k=1,,dk=1,\ldots,d.

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@article{arxiv.2407.12321,
  title  = {Commuting families of polygonal type operators on Hilbert space},
  author = {Christian Le Merdy and M. N. Reshmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.12321},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Revised version, to appear in Advances in Operator Theory