Positive answer to the invariant and hyperinvariant subspaces problems for hyponormal operators

Abstract

Abstract The question whether every operator on infinite-dimensional Hilbert space 𝐻 has a nontrivial invariant subspace or a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace is one of the most difficult problems in operator theory. This problem is open for more than half a century. A subnormal operator has a nontrivial invariant subspace, but the existence of nontrivial invariant subspace for a hyponormal operator 𝑇 still open. In this paper we give an affirmative answer of the existence of a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace for a hyponormal operator. More generally, we show that a large classes of operators containing the class of hyponormal operators have nontrivial hyperinvariant subspaces. Finally, every generalized scalar operator on a Banach space 𝑋 has a nontrivial invariant subspace.