Commutativity of compact selfadjoint operators

G. Greiner; W. Ricker

Studia Mathematica (1995)

  • Volume: 112, Issue: 2, page 109-125
  • ISSN: 0039-3223

Abstract

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The relationship between the joint spectrum γ(A) of an n-tuple A = ( A 1 , . . . , A n ) of selfadjoint operators and the support of the corresponding Weyl calculus T(A) : f ↦ f(A) is discussed. It is shown that one always has γ(A) ⊂ supp (T(A)). Moreover, when the operators are compact, equality occurs if and only if the operators A j mutually commute. In the non-commuting case the equality fails badly: While γ(A) is countable, supp(T(A)) has to be an uncountable set. An example is given showing that, for non-compact operators, coincidence of γ(A) and supp (T(A)) no longer implies commutativity of the set A i .

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Greiner, G., and Ricker, W.. "Commutativity of compact selfadjoint operators." Studia Mathematica 112.2 (1995): 109-125. <http://eudml.org/doc/216141>.

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