Invariant subspaces for certain finite-rank perturbations of diagonal operators

Abstract

Suppose that {ek} is an orthonormal basis for a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space H. Let D be a diagonal operator with respect to the orthonormal basis {ek}. That is, D=∑k=1∞λkek⊗ek, where {λk} is a bounded sequence of complex numbers. LetT=D+u1⊗v1+⋯+un⊗vn. Improving a result of Foias et al. (2007) [3], we show that if the vectors u1,…,un and v1,…,vn satisfy an ℓ1-condition with respect to the orthonormal basis {ek}, and if T is not a scalar multiple of the identity operator, then T has a non-trivial hyperinvariant subspace.