Some inequalities of Jensen type for Arg-square-convex functions of unitary operators in Hilbert spaces are given.

In this paper we prove a structure theorem for the class of $\mathcal{AN}$-operators between separable, complex Hilbert spaces which is similar to that of the singular value decomposition of a compact operator. Apart from this, we show that a bounded operator is $\mathcal{AN}$ if and only if it is either compact or a sum of a compact operator and scalar multiple of an isometry satisfying some condition. We obtain characterizations of these operators as a consequence of this structure theorem and deduce several properties which are similar to those of compact operators.

A definition of the reflexive index of a family of (closed) subspaces of a complex, separable Hilbert space $\def \xmlpi #1{}\def \mathsfbi #1{\boldsymbol {\mathsf {#1}}}\let \le =\leqslant \let \leq =\leqslant \let \ge =\geqslant \let \geq =\geqslant \def \Pr {\mathit {Pr}}\def \Fr {\mathit {Fr}}\def \Rey {\mathit {Re}}H$ is given, analogous to one given by D. Zhao for a family of subsets of a set. Following some observations, some examples are given, including: (a) a subspace lattice on $H$ with precisely five nontrivial elements with infinite reflexive index; (b) a reflexive subspace lattice on $H$ with infinite reflexive index; (c) for each positive integer $n$ satisfying dim $H\ge n+1$, a reflexive subspace lattice on $H$ with reflexive index $n$. If $H$ is infinite-dimensional and ${\mathcal{B}}$ is an atomic Boolean algebra subspace lattice on $H$ with $n$ equidimensional atoms and with the property that the vector sum $K+L$ is closed, for every $K,L\in {\mathcal{B}}$, then ${\mathcal{B}}$ has reflexive index at most $n$.

We study the reflexivity and transitivity of a double triangle lattice of subspaces in a Hilbert space. We show that the double triangle lattice is neither reflexive nor transitive when some invertibility condition is satisfied (by the restriction of a projection under another). In this case, we show that the reflexive lattice determined by the double triangle lattice contains infinitely many projections, which partially answers a problem of Halmos on small lattices of subspaces in Hilbert spaces.

We define the class of weakly approximately divisible unital ${C}^{\ast } $-algebras and show that this class is closed under direct sums, direct limits, any tensor product with any ${C}^{\ast } $-algebra, and quotients. A nuclear ${C}^{\ast } $-algebra is weakly approximately divisible if and only if it has no finite-dimensional representations. We also show that Pisier’s similarity degree of a weakly approximately divisible ${C}^{\ast } $-algebra is at most five.

Suppose that $G$ is a second countable, locally compact Hausdorff groupoid with abelian stabiliser subgroups and a Haar system. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the groupoid ${C}^{\ast } $-algebra to have Hausdorff spectrum. In particular, we show that the spectrum of ${C}^{\ast } (G)$ is Hausdorff if and only if the stabilisers vary continuously with respect to the Fell topology, the orbit space ${G}^{(0)} / G$ is Hausdorff, and, given convergent sequences ${\chi }_{i} \rightarrow \chi $ and ${\gamma }_{i} \cdot {\chi }_{i} \rightarrow \omega $ in the dual stabiliser groupoid $\widehat{S}$ where the ${\gamma }_{i} \in G$ act via conjugation, if $\chi $ and $\omega $ are elements of the same fibre then $\chi = \omega $.

We give an affirmative answer to one of the questions posed by Bourin regarding a special type of inequality referred to as subadditivity inequalities in the case of the Hilbert–Schmidt and the trace norms. We formulate the solution for arbitrary commuting positive operators, and we conjecture that it is true for all unitarily invariant norms and all commuting positive operators. New related trace inequalities are also presented.

Characterization of generalized Schur functions in terms of their Taylor coefficients was established by Krein and Langer [‘Über einige Fortsetzungsprobleme, die eng mit der Theorie hermitescher Operatoren im Raume ${\Pi }_{\kappa } $ zusammenhängen. I. Einige Funktionenklassen und ihre Darstellungen’, Math. Nachr. 77 (1977), 187–236]. We establish a boundary analogue of this characterization.

We show improved local energy decay for the wave equation on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds in odd dimensions in the short range case. The precise decay rate depends on the decay of the metric towards the Euclidean metric. We also give estimates of powers of the resolvent of the wave propagator between weighted spaces.

The first and second representation theorems for sign-indefinite, not necessarily semi-bounded quadratic forms are revisited. New and straightforward proofs of these theorems are given. A number of necessary and sufficient conditions for the second representation theorem to hold are obtained. A new simple and explicit example of a self-adjoint operator for which the second representation theorem fails to hold is also provided.

Carleson's corona theorem is used to obtain two results on cyclicity of singular inner functions in weighted Bergman-type spaces on the unit disk. Our method of proof requires no regularity conditions on the weights.

We consider uniformly elliptic operators with Dirichlet or Neumann homogeneous boundary conditions on a domain Ω in ℝN. We consider deformations ϕ(Ω) of Ω obtained by means of a locally Lipschitz homeomorphism ϕ and we estimate the variation of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues upon variation of ϕ. We prove general stability estimates without assuming uniform upper bounds for the gradients of the maps ϕ. As an application, we obtain estimates on the rate of convergence for eigenvalues and eigenfunctions when a domain with an outward cusp is approximated by a sequence of Lipschitz domains.

In this paper we consider small essential spectral radius perturbations of operators with topological uniform descent—small essential spectral radius perturbations which cover compact, quasinilpotent and Riesz perturbations.

We describe a class of topological vector spaces admitting a mixing uniformly continuous operator group with holomorphic dependence on the parameter t. This result builds on those existing in the literature. We also describe a class of topological vector spaces admitting no supercyclic strongly continuous operator semigroups .

We describe some aspects of spectral theory that involve algebraic considerations but need no analysis. Some of the important applications of the results are to the algebra of n×n matrices with entries that are polynomials or more general analytic functions.

In this paper, we discuss the H1L-boundedness of commutators of Riesz transforms associated with the Schrödinger operator L=−△+V, where H1L(Rn) is the Hardy space associated with L. We assume that V (x) is a nonzero, nonnegative potential which belongs to Bq for some q>n/2. Let T1=V (x)(−△+V )−1, T2=V1/2(−△+V )−1/2 and T3 =∇(−△+V )−1/2. We prove that, for b∈BMO (Rn) , the commutator [b,T3 ] is not bounded from H1L(Rn) to L1 (Rn) as T3 itself. As an alternative, we obtain that [b,Ti ] , ( i=1,2,3 ) are of (H1L,L1weak) -boundedness.

We consider spectral radius algebras associated with C0 contractions. When the operator A is algebraic, we describe all invariant subspaces that are common for operators in its spectral radius algebra ℬA. When the operator A is not algebraic, ℬA is weakly dense and we characterize a set of rank-one operators in ℬA that is weakly dense in ℒ(ℋ).

We consider an iterated form of Lavrentiev regularization, using a null sequence (αk) of positive real numbers to obtain a stable approximate solution for ill-posed nonlinear equations of the form F(x)=y, where F:D(F)⊆X→X is a nonlinear operator and X is a Hilbert space. Recently, Bakushinsky and Smirnova [“Iterative regularization and generalized discrepancy principle for monotone operator equations”, Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim.28 (2007) 13–25] considered an a posteriori strategy to find a stopping index kδ corresponding to inexact data yδ with resulting in the convergence of the method as δ→0. However, they provided no error estimates. We consider an alternate strategy to find a stopping index which not only leads to the convergence of the method, but also provides an order optimal error estimate under a general source condition. Moreover, the condition that we impose on (αk) is weaker than that considered by Bakushinsky and Smirnova.

Let K be any compact set. The C*-algebra C(K) is nuclear and any bounded homomorphism from C(K) into B(H), the algebra of all bounded operators on some Hilbert space H, is automatically completely bounded. We prove extensions of these results to the Banach space setting, using the key concept ofR-boundedness. Then we apply these results to operators with a uniformly bounded H∞-calculus, as well as to unconditionality on Lp. We show that any unconditional basis on Lp ‘is’ an unconditional basis on L2 after an appropriate change of density.