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Square root problem and Subnormal Aluthge transforms

Functional Analysis 2022-11-29 v1

Abstract

For a non negative measure μ\mu with pp atoms, we study the relation between the Square Root Problem of μ\mu and the problem of subnormality of W~μ{\tilde W_\mu} the Aluthge transform of the associated unilateral weighted shift. We use an approach based on uniquely represented elements in the support of μμ\mu*\mu. We first show that if W~μ{\tilde W_\mu} is subnormal, then 2p1card(supp(μμ))[(p1)2+62]2p-1\le card(supp(\mu*\mu))\le [\frac{(p-1)^2+6}{2}]. We rewrite several results known for finitely atomic measure having at most five atoms and give a complete solution for measures six atoms.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10612,
  title  = {Square root problem and Subnormal Aluthge transforms},
  author = {Hamza El Azhar and Abdelouahab Hanine and Kaissar Idrissi and El Hassan Zerouali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10612},
  year   = {2022}
}

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19 pages, 1 figure

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