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Joint spectrum shrinking maps on projections

Functional Analysis 2022-12-27 v1 Operator Algebras

Abstract

Let H\mathcal H be a finite dimensional complex Hilbert space with dimension n3n \ge 3 and P(H)\mathcal P(\mathcal H) the set of projections on H\mathcal H. Let φ:P(H)P(H)\varphi: \mathcal P(\mathcal H) \to \mathcal P(\mathcal H) be a surjective map. We show that φ\varphi shrinks the joint spectrum of any two projections if and only if it is joint spectrum preserving for any two projections and thus is induced by a ring automorphism on C\mathbb C in a particular way. In addition, for an arbitrary k3k \ge 3, φ\varphi shrinks the joint spectrum of any kk projections if and only if it is induced by a unitary or an anti-unitary. Assume that ϕ\phi is a surjective map on the Grassmann space of rank one projections. We show that ϕ\phi is joint spectrum preserving for any nn rank one projections if and only if it can be extended to a surjective map on P(H)\mathcal P(\mathcal{H}) which is spectrum preserving for any two projections. Moreover, for any k>nk >n, ϕ\phi is joint spectrum shrinking for any kk rank one projections if and only if it is induced by a unitary or an anti-unitary.

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@article{arxiv.2212.12895,
  title  = {Joint spectrum shrinking maps on projections},
  author = {Wenhua Qian and Dandan Xiao and Tanghong Tao and Wenming Wu and Xin Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12895},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages

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