Let $ℬ=f:ℝ\to ℝ:fisbounded$, and $ℳ=f:ℝ\to ℝ:fisLebesguemeasurable$. We show that there is a linear operator $\Phi :ℬ\to ℳ$ such that Φ(f)=f a.e. for every $f\in ℬ\cap ℳ$, and Φ commutes with all translations. On the other hand, if $\Phi :ℬ\to ℳ$ is a linear operator such that Φ(f)=f for every $f\in ℬ\cap ℳ$, then the group $G_{\Phi }$ = a ∈ ℝ:Φ commutes with the translation by a is of measure zero and, assuming Martin’s axiom, is of cardinality less than continuum. Let Φ be a linear operator from ${ℂ}^{ℝ}$ into the space of complex-valued measurable functions. We show that if Φ(f) is non-zero for every $f\left(x\right)=e^{cx}$, then $G_{\Phi }$ must...

A new, unified presentation of the ideal norms of factorization of operators through Banach lattices and related ideal norms is given.

In a previous paper we gave an example of a finite distributive subspace lattice ℒ on a Hilbert space and a rank two operator of Algℒ that cannot be written as a finite sum of rank one operators from Algℒ. The lattice ℒ was a specific realization of the free distributive lattice on three generators. In the present paper, which is a sequel to the aforementioned one, we study Algℒ for the general free distributive lattice with three generators (on a normed space). Necessary and sufficient conditions...

Hankel operators and their symbols, as generalized by V. Pták and P. Vrbová, are considered. The present note provides a parametric labeling of all the Hankel symbols of a given Hankel operator $X$ by means of Schur class functions. The result includes uniqueness criteria and a Schur like formula. As a by-product, a new proof of the existence of Hankel symbols is obtained. The proof is established by associating to the data of the problem a suitable isometry $V$ so that there is a bijective correspondence...

We scrutinize the possibility of extending the result of [19] to the case of q-deformed oscillator for q real; for this we exploit the whole range of the deformation parameter as much as possible. We split the case into two depending on whether a solution of the commutation relation is bounded or not. Our leitmotif is subnormality. The deformation parameter q is reshaped and this is what makes our approach effective. The newly arrived parameter, the operator C, has two remarkable properties: it...

Let A: X → X be a bounded operator on a separable complex Hilbert space X with an inner product $⟨·,·{⟩}_X$. For b, c ∈ X, a weak resolvent of A is the complex function of the form $⟨{(I-zA)}^{-1}b,c{⟩}_X$. We will discuss an equivalent condition, in terms of weak resolvents, for A to be similar to a restriction of the backward shift of multiplicity 1.

Description of multiplication operators generated by a sequence and composition operators induced by a partition on Lorentz sequence spaces $l(p,q)$, $1<p\le \infty$, $1\le q\le \infty$ is presented.

Let $M_z$ be the operator of multiplication by z on a Banach space of functions analytic on a plane domain G. We say that $M_z$ is polynomially bounded if $\parallel M_p\parallel \le C\parallel p{\parallel }_G$ for every polynomial p. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for $M_z$ to be polynomially bounded. We also characterize the finite-codimensional invariant subspaces and derive some spectral properties of the multiplication operator in case the underlying space is Hilbert.

The aim of this paper is to prove that derivations of a C*-algebra A can be characterized in the space of all linear continuous operators T : A → A by the conditions T(1) = 0, T(L∩R) ⊂ L + R for any closed left ideal L and right ideal R. As a corollary we get an extension of the result of Kadison [5] on local derivations in W*-algebras. Stronger results of this kind are proved under some additional conditions on the cohomologies of A.

Let S be a degree preserving linear operator of ℝ[X] into itself. The question is if, preserving orthogonality of some orthogonal polynomial sequences, S must necessarily be an operator of composition with some affine function of ℝ. In [2] this problem was considered for S mapping sequences of Laguerre polynomials onto sequences of orthogonal polynomials. Here we improve substantially the theorems of [2] as well as disprove the conjecture proposed there. We also consider the same questions for polynomials...