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Spectral set, complete spectral set and dilation for Banach space operators

Functional Analysis 2025-05-13 v2 Complex Variables Operator Algebras

Abstract

Famous results due to von Neumann, Sz.-Nagy and Arveson assert that the following four statements are equivalent; a Hilbert space operator TT is a contraction; the closed unit disk D\overline{\mathbb D} is a spectral set for TT; TT can be dilated to a Hilbert space isometry; D\overline{\mathbb D} is a complete spectral set for TT. In this article, we show by counter examples that no two of them are equivalent for Banach space operators. If Fr\mathcal F_r is the family of all Banach space operators having norm less than or equal to rr and if DRD_R denotes the open disk in the complex plane with centre at the origin and radius RR, then we prove by an application of Bohr's theorem that DR\overline{D}_R is the minimal spectral set for Fr\mathcal F_r if and only if r=R3r=\frac{R}{3}. Also, we prove the equivalence of the following two facts: the Bohr radius of DRD_R is R3\frac{R}{3} and sup{r>0:DR is a spectral set for Fr}=R3\sup \{ r>0\,:\, \overline{D}_R \text{ is a spectral set for } \mathcal F_r \}=\frac{R}{3}. We found several new characterizations for a Hilbert space in terms of spectral set and complete spectral set for different operators.

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@article{arxiv.2411.01605,
  title  = {Spectral set, complete spectral set and dilation for Banach space operators},
  author = {Swapan Jana and Sourav Pal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.01605},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Revised, 16 pages

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