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On a preorder relation for contractions

Functional Analysis 2016-05-26 v2

Abstract

An order relation for contractions on a Hilbert space can be introduced by stating that ABA\preccurlyeq B if and only AA is unitarily equivalent to the restriction of BB to an invariant subspace. We discuss the equivalence classes associated to this relation, and identify cases in which they coincide with classes of unitary equivalence. The results extend those for completely nonunitary partial isometries obtained by Garcia, Martin, and Ross.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1507.07128,
  title  = {On a preorder relation for contractions},
  author = {Dan Timotin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.07128},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Revised version, correcting an incomplete proof. The paper will appear in Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum (Szeged)

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