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Inverse continuity of the numerical range map for Hilbert space operators

Functional Analysis 2018-10-11 v1

Abstract

We describe continuity properties of the multivalued inverse of the numerical range map fA:xAx,xf_A:x \mapsto \left\langle Ax, x \right\rangle associated with a linear operator AA defined on a complex Hilbert space H\mathcal{H}. We prove in particular that fA1f_A^{-1} is strongly continuous at all points of the interior of the numerical range W(A)W(A). We give examples where strong and weak continuity fail on the boundary and address special cases such as normal and compact operators.

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@article{arxiv.1810.04199,
  title  = {Inverse continuity of the numerical range map for Hilbert space operators},
  author = {Brian Lins and Ilya Spitkovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.04199},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, 1 figure

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