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Spectral representation of absolutely minimum attaining unbounded normal operators

Functional Analysis 2022-05-24 v2

Abstract

Let T:D(T)H2T:D(T)\rightarrow H_2 be a densely defined closed operator with domain D(T)H1D(T)\subset H_1. We say TT to be absolutely minimum attaining if for every closed subspace MM of H1H_1, the restriction operator TM:D(T)MH2T|_M:D(T)\cap M\rightarrow H_2 attains its minimum modulus m(TM)m(T|_{M}). That is, there exists xD(T)Mx \in D(T)\cap M with x=1\|x\|= 1 and T(x)=inf{T(m):mD(T)M:m=1}\|T(x)\| = \inf \{\|T(m)\|: m \in D(T) \cap M: \|m\|=1\}. In this article, we prove several characterizations of this class of operators and show that every operator in this class has a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace. We also prove a spectral theorem for unbounded normal operators of this class. It turns out that every such operator has a compact resolvent.

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@article{arxiv.2201.11556,
  title  = {Spectral representation of absolutely minimum attaining unbounded normal operators},
  author = {S. H. Kulkarni and G. Ramesh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.11556},
  year   = {2022}
}

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