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Vladimir Müller

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Invariant subspaces for operators with spectrum containing the boundary of the numerical range

We prove that a bounded Hilbert space operator has a nontrivial invariant subspace whenever its spectrum contains the topological boundary of its numerical range. We also give variants of this result and establish related statements. The criterion is applied to hyponormal, cohyponormal and Toeplitz operators. In these classes, convexity of the polynomial hull of the spectrum already suffices. Several examples are given that are not covered by well-known existence criteria.

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On regularity of compressions and diagonals of operator functions

Replacing operators with continuous operator-valued functions, we prove time-dependent versions of well-known results on compressions and diagonals of bounded operators. The setting of smooth functions is also addressed. Our results have no analogues in the literature and rely on a new technique. The results are especially transparent for selfadjoint operators.

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Real linear operators and numerical ranges

Real linear operators between two complex Banach spaces unify naturally two important classes of linear operators and antilinear operators. We give a survey of basic geometric, spectral and duality properties of real linear operators. The main goal of the paper is to introduce the numerical range of real linear operators on both Hilbert and Banach spaces and to study its properties. In particular, we show that the numerical range of real linear operators on complex Hilbert space is always a convex set (on at least two-dimensional spaces). This generalizes the classical result of Hausdorff and Toeplitz for linear operators.

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Matrix representations of arbitrary bounded operators on Hilbert spaces

We show that under natural and quite general assumptions, a large part of a matrix for a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space can be preassigned. The result is obtained in a more general setting of operator tuples leading to interesting consequences, e.g. when the tuple consists of powers of a single operator. We also prove several variants of this result of independent interest. The paper substantially extends former research on matrix representations in infinite-dimensional spaces dealing mainly with prescribing the main diagonals.

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On growth and instability for semilinear evolution equations: an abstract approach

We propose a new approach to the study of (nonlinear) growth and instability for semilinear evolution equations with compact nonlinearities. We show, in particular, that compact nonlinear perturbations of a linear evolution equation can be treated as linear ones as far as the growth of their solutions is concerned. We obtain exponential lower bounds of solutions for initial values from a dense set if, e.g., the resolvent of the generator is unbounded on a vertical line in the right halfplane.

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In search of convexity: diagonals and numerical ranges

We show that the set of all possible constant diagonals of a bounded Hilbert space operator is always convex. This, in particular, answers an open question of J.-C. Bourin ($2003$). Moreover, we show that the joint numerical range of a commuting operator tuple is in general not convex, which fills a gap in the literature. We also prove that the Asplund-Ptak numerical range (which is convex for pairs of operators) is, in general, not convex for tuples of operators.

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On interplay between operators, bases, and matrices

Given a bounded linear operator $T$ on separable Hilbert space, we develop an approach allowing one to construct a matrix representation for $T$ having certain specified algebraic or asymptotic structure. We obtain matrix representations for $T$ with preassigned bands of the main diagonals, with an upper bound for all of the matrix elements, and with entrywise polynomial lower and upper bounds for these elements. In particular, we substantially generalize and complement our results on diagonals of operators from [46] and other related results. Moreover, we obtain a vast generalization of a theorem by Stout (1981), and (partially) answer his open question. Several of our results have no analogues in the literature.

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High order isometric liftings and dilations

We show that a Hilbert space bounded linear operator has an $m$-isometric lifting for some integer $m\ge 1$ if and only if the norms of its powers grow polynomially. In analogy with unitary dilations of contractions, we prove that such operators also have an invertible $m$-isometric dilation. We also study $2$-isometric liftings of convex operators and $3$-isometric liftings of Foguel-Hankel operators.

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Power bounded operators and the mean ergodic theorem for subsequences

Let $T$ be a power bounded Hilbert space operator without unimodular eigenvalues. We show that the subsequential ergodic averages $N^{-1}\sum_{n=1}^N T^{a_n}$ converge in the strong operator topology for a wide range of sequences $(a_n)$, including the integer part of most of subpolynomial Hardy functions. Moreover, we show that the weighted averages $N^{-1}\sum_{n=1}^N e^{2πi g(n)}T^{a_n}$ also converge for many reasonable functions $g$. In particular, we generalize the polynomial mean ergodic theorem for power bounded operators due to ter Elst and the second author \cite{tEM} to real polynomials and polynomial weights.

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Lower spectral radius and spectral mapping theorem for suprema preserving mappings

We study Lipschitz, positively homogeneous and finite suprema preserving mappings defined on a max-cone of positive elements in a normed vector lattice. We prove that the lower spectral radius of such a mapping is always a minimum value of its approximate point spectrum. We apply this result to show that the spectral mapping theorem holds for the approximate point spectrum of such a mapping. By applying this spectral mapping theorem we obtain new inequalites for the Bonsall cone spectral radius of max type kernel operators.

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Cesàro bounded operators in Banach spaces

We study several notions of boundedness for operators. It is known that any power bounded operator is absolutely Cesàro bounded and strong Kreiss bounded (in particular, uniformly Kreiss bounded). The converses do not hold in general. In this note, we give examples of topologically mixing absolutely Cesàro bounded operators on $\ell^p(\mathbb{N})$, $1\le p < \infty$, which are not power bounded, and provide examples of uniformly Kreiss bounded operators which are not absolutely Cesàro bounded. These results complement very limited number of known examples (see \cite{Shi} and \cite{AS}). In \cite{AS} Aleman and Suciu ask if every uniformly Kreiss bounded operator $T$ on a Banach spaces satisfies that $\lim_n\| \frac{T^n}{n}\|=0$. We solve this question for Hilbert space operators and, moreover, we prove that, if $T$ is absolutely Cesàro bounded on a Banach (Hilbert) space, then $\| T^n\|=o(n)$ ($\| T^n\|=o(n^{\frac{1}{2}})$, respectively). As a consequence, every absolutely Cesàro bounded operator on a reflexive Banach space is mean ergodic, and there exist mixing mean ergodic operators on $\ell^p(\mathbb{N})$, $1< p <\infty$. Finally, we give new examples of weakly ergodic 3-isometries and study numerically hypercyclic $m$-isometries on finite or infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces. In particular, all weakly ergodic strict 3-isometries on a Hilbert space are weakly numerically hypercyclic. Adjoints of unilateral forward weighted shifts which are strict $m$-isometries on $\ell ^2(\mathbb{N})$ are shown to be hypercyclic.

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On the Bonsall cone spectral radius and the approximate point spectrum

We study the Bonsall cone spectral radius and the approximate point spectrum of (in general non-linear) positively homogeneous, bounded and supremum preserving maps, defined on a max-cone in a given normed vector lattice. We prove that the Bonsall cone spectral radius of such maps is always included in its approximate point spectrum. Moreover, the approximate point spectrum always contains a (possibly trivial) interval. Our results apply to a large class of (nonlinear) max-type operators. We also generalize a known result that the spectral radius of a positive (linear) operator on a Banach lattice is contained in the approximate point spectrum. Under additional generalized compactness type assumptions our results imply Krein-Rutman type results.

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An operator is a product of two quasi-nilpotent operators if and only if it is not semi-Fredholm

We prove that a (bounded linear) operator acting on an infinite-dimensional, separable, complex Hilbert space can be written as a product of two quasi-nilpotent operators if and only if it is not a semi-Fredholm operator. This solves the problem posed by Fong and Sourour in 1984. We also consider some closely related questions. In particular, we show that an operator can be expressed as a product of two nilpotent operators if and only if its kernel and co-kernel are both infinite-dimensional. This answers the question implicitly posed by Wu in 1989.

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Growth conditions and inverse producing extensions

We study the invertibility of Banach algebras elements in their extensions, and invertible extensions of Banach and Hilbert space operators with prescribed growth conditions for the norm of inverses. As applications, the solutions of two open problems are obtained. In the first one we give a characterization of E(T)-subscalar operators in terms of growth conditions. In the second one we show that operators satisfying a Beurling-type growth condition possess Bishop's property beta. Other applications are also given.

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