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Maps preserving absolute continuity and singularity of positive operators

Functional Analysis 2020-02-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper we consider the cone of all positive, bounded operators acting on an infinite dimensional, complex Hilbert space, and examine bijective maps that preserve absolute continuity in both directions. It turns out that these maps are exactly those that preserve singularity in both directions. Moreover, in some weak sense, such maps are always induced by bounded, invertible, linear- or conjugate linear operators of the underlying Hilbert space. Our result gives a possible generalization of a recent theorem of Molnar which characterizes maps on the positive cone that preserve the Lebesgue decomposition of operators.

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@article{arxiv.2002.02230,
  title  = {Maps preserving absolute continuity and singularity of positive operators},
  author = {György Pál Gehér and Zsigmond Tarcsay and Titkos Tamás},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02230},
  year   = {2020}
}
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