Structure of n-quasi left m-invertible and related classes of operators

Abstract

AbstractGiven Hilbert space operators T,S\in B( {\mathcal H} ), let \text{Δ} and \delta \in B(B( {\mathcal H} )) denote the elementary operators {\text{Δ}}_{T,S}(X)=({L}_{T}{R}_{S}-I)(X)=TXS-X and {\delta }_{T,S}(X)=({L}_{T}-{R}_{S})(X)=TX-XS. Let d=\text{Δ} or \delta . Assuming T commutes with {S}^{\ast }, and choosing X to be the positive operator {S}^{\ast n}{S}^{n} for some positive integer n, this paper exploits properties of elementary operators to study the structure of n-quasi {[}m,d]-operators {d}_{T,S}^{m}(X)=0 to bring together, and improve upon, extant results for a number of classes of operators, such as n-quasi left m-invertible operators, n-quasi m-isometric operators, n-quasi m-self-adjoint operators and n-quasi (m,C) symmetric operators (for some conjugation C of {\mathcal H} ). It is proved that {S}^{n} is the perturbation by a nilpotent of the direct sum of an operator {S}_{1}^{n}={\left(S{|}_{\overline{{S}^{n}( {\mathcal H} )}}\right)}^{n} satisfying {d}_{{T}_{1},{S}_{1}}^{m}({I}_{1})=0, {{T}_{1}=T}_{\overline{{S}^{n}( {\mathcal H} )}}, with the 0 operator; if S is also left invertible, then {S}^{n} is similar to an operator B such that {d}_{{B}^{\ast },B}^{m}(I)=0. For power bounded S and T such that S{T}^{\ast }-{T}^{\ast }S=0 and {\text{Δ}}_{T,S}({S}^{\ast n}{S}^{n})=0, S is polaroid (i.e., isolated points of the spectrum are poles). The product property, and the perturbation by a commuting nilpotent property, of operators T,S satisfying {d}_{T,S}^{m}(I)=0, given certain commutativity properties, transfers to operators satisfying {S}^{\ast n}{d}_{T,S}^{m}(I){S}^{n}=0.