TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectral sets and distinguished varieties in the symmetrized bidisc
AU - Pal, Sourav
AU - Shalit, Orr Moshe
N1 - Funding Information:
The first author was supported in part by a postdoctoral fellowship funded in part by the Skirball Foundation via the Center for Advanced Studies in Mathematics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The second author is partially supported by ISF Grant No. 474/12 , by EU FP7/2007–2013 Grant No. 321749 , and by GIF Grant No. 2297-2282.6/20.1 .
PY - 2014/5/1
Y1 - 2014/5/1
N2 - We show that for every pair of matrices (S, P), having the closed symmetrized bidisc Γ as a spectral set, there is a one dimensional complex algebraic variety Λ in Γ such that for every matrix valued polynomial f(z1, z2), {norm of matrix}f(S,P){norm of matrix}≤max(z1,z2)∈Λ{norm of matrix}f(z1,z2){norm of matrix}. The variety Λ is shown to have the determinantal representation Λ={(s,p)∈Γ: det(F+pF*-sI)=0}, where F is the unique matrix of numerical radius not greater than 1 that satisfies S-S*P=(I-P*P)1/2F(I-P*P)1/2. When (S, P) is a strict Γ-contraction, then Λ is a distinguished variety in the symmetrized bidisc, i.e. a one dimensional algebraic variety that exits the symmetrized bidisc through its distinguished boundary. We characterize all distinguished varieties of the symmetrized bidisc by a determinantal representation as above.
AB - We show that for every pair of matrices (S, P), having the closed symmetrized bidisc Γ as a spectral set, there is a one dimensional complex algebraic variety Λ in Γ such that for every matrix valued polynomial f(z1, z2), {norm of matrix}f(S,P){norm of matrix}≤max(z1,z2)∈Λ{norm of matrix}f(z1,z2){norm of matrix}. The variety Λ is shown to have the determinantal representation Λ={(s,p)∈Γ: det(F+pF*-sI)=0}, where F is the unique matrix of numerical radius not greater than 1 that satisfies S-S*P=(I-P*P)1/2F(I-P*P)1/2. When (S, P) is a strict Γ-contraction, then Λ is a distinguished variety in the symmetrized bidisc, i.e. a one dimensional algebraic variety that exits the symmetrized bidisc through its distinguished boundary. We characterize all distinguished varieties of the symmetrized bidisc by a determinantal representation as above.
KW - Complete spectral set
KW - Distinguished varieties
KW - Fundamental operator
KW - Spectral set
KW - Symmetrized bidisc
KW - Von Neumann's inequality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jfa.2013.12.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jfa.2013.12.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84897083259
SN - 0022-1236
VL - 266
SP - 5779
EP - 5800
JO - Journal of Functional Analysis
JF - Journal of Functional Analysis
IS - 9
ER -