Abstract
A bounded Hilbert space operator T for which the closure of the annulus (Formula presented.) is a spectral set is called an Ar-contraction. A celebrated theorem due to Douglas, Muhly, and Pearcy gives a necessary and sufficient condition such that a 2×2 block matrix of operators T1X0T2 is a contraction. We seek an answer to the same question in the setting of an annulus, i.e., under what conditions does T~Y=T1Y0T2 become an Ar-contraction? For Ar-contractions T,T1,T2 and an operator X that commutes with T,T1,T2, here we find a necessary and sufficient condition such that each of the block matrices (Formula presented.) becomes an Ar-contraction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 75-82 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Archiv der Mathematik |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2025 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- A-contraction
- Annulus
- Block matrix
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics