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Journal of Operator Theory

Volume 46, Issue 3, Supplementary 2001  pp. 491-516.

(U+K)-orbits, a block tridiagonal decomposition technique and a model with multiply connected spectrum

Authors:  Michal Dostal
Author institution: Mexicka 4, Praha 10, CZ--101 00, Czech Republic

Summary:  Two operators on a separable Hilbert space are \uk-{\it equivalent} $A\ukeB$ if A=R1BR, where R is invertible and R=U+K, U unitary, K compact. The \uk-{\it orbit} of A is defined as \uk(A)={B\cB(\cH):A\ukeB}. This orbit lies between the unitary and the similarity orbit. In addition, two \uk-equivalent operators are compalent. In this article we develop a block tridiagonal decomposition technique that allows us to show that an operator is in the \uk-orbit of another operator in some cases where the similarity of the two operators is apparent. We construct an essentially normal operator model with multiply connected nonessential spectrum and describe the closure of the \uk-orbit of this model.

Keywords:  (U+K)-orbit, essentially normal, model, multiply connected domain, block tridiagonal decomposition


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