Canonical decomposition of a tetrablock contraction and operator model

  • Sourav Pal

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Abstract

A triple of commuting operators for which the closed tetrablock E is a spectral set is called a tetrablock contraction or an E-contraction. The set E is defined as. E={(x1,x2,x3)∈C3:1-zx1-wx2+zwx3≠0 whenever |z|≤1,|w|≤1}. We show that every E-contraction can be uniquely written as a direct sum of an E-unitary and a completely non-unitary E-contraction. It is analogous to the canonical decomposition of a contraction operator into a unitary and a completely non-unitary contraction. We produce a concrete operator model for such a triple satisfying some conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)274-284
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Volume438
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Canonical decomposition
  • Fundamental operators
  • Operator model
  • Tetrablock contraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics

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