On polynomials in two projections.
We define spectral factorization in L (or a generalized Wiener-Hopf factorization) of a measurable singular matrix function on a simple closed rectifiable contour Γ. Such factorization has the same uniqueness properties as in the nonsingular case. We discuss basic properties of the vector valued Riemann problem whose coefficient takes singular values almost everywhere on Γ. In particular, we introduce defect numbers for this problem which agree with the usual defect numbers in the case of a nonsingular...
We describe the spectrum and the essential spectrum and give an index formula for Wiener-Hopf integral operators with piecewise continuous symbols on the space L(R,ω) with a Muckenhoupt weight ω. Our main result says that the essential spectrum is a set resulting from the essential range of the symbol by joining the two endpoints of each jump by a certain sickle-shaped domain, whose shape is completely determined by the value of p and the behavior of the weight ω at the origin and at infinity.
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