arXiv · 2007.13319
Projections in Toeplitz algebra
Abstract
Motivated by Barr{\'\i}a-Halmos's \cite[Question 19]{barria1982asymptotic} and Halmos's \cite[Problem 237]{Halmos1978A}, we explore projections in Toeplitz algebra on the Hardy space. We show that the product of two Toeplitz (Hankel) operators is a projection if and only if it is the projection onto one of the invariant subspaces of the shift (backward shift) operator. As a consequence one obtains new proofs of criterion for Toeplitz operators and Hankel operators to be partial isometries. Furthermore, we completely characterize when the self-commutator of a Toeplitz operator is a projection. This provides a class of nontrivial projections in Toeplitz algebra.
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Hui Dan, Xuanhao Ding, Kunyu Guo, Yuanqi Sang. 2020-07-27. Projections in Toeplitz algebra. https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.13319
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