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Paranormal operator

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In mathematics, especially operator theory, a paranormal operator is a generalization of a normal operator. More precisely, a bounded linear operator T on a complex Hilbert space H is said to be paranormal if:

for every unit vector x in H.

The class of paranormal operators was introduced by V. Istratescu in 1960s, though the term "paranormal" is probably due to Furuta.[1][2]

Every hyponormal operator (in particular, a subnormal operator, a quasinormal operator and a normal operator) is paranormal. If T is a paranormal, then Tn is paranormal.[2] On the other hand, Halmos gave an example of a hyponormal operator T such that T2 isn't hyponormal. Consequently, not every paranormal operator is hyponormal.[3]

A compact paranormal operator is normal.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Istrăţescu, V. (1967). "On some hyponormal operators". Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 22: 413–417. MR 0213893.
  2. ^ a b Furuta, Takayuki (1967). "On the class of paranormal operators". Proceedings of the Japan Academy. 43: 594–598. MR 0221302.
  3. ^ Halmos, Paul Richard (1982). A Hilbert Space Problem Book. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. Vol. 17 (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin. ISBN 0-387-90685-1. MR 0675952.
  4. ^ Furuta, Takayuki (1971). "Certain convexoid operators". Proceedings of the Japan Academy. 47: 888–893. MR 0313864.