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A Hilbert algebra of Hilbert-Schmidt quadratic operators
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
Abstract
A quadratic operator Q of Hilbert-Schmidt class on a real separable Hilbert space H is shown to be uniquely representable as a sequence of self-adjoint linear operators of Hilbert-Schmidt class on H, such that Q(x) = Σk〈Lkx, x〉uk with respect to a Hilbert basis
. It is shown that with the norm | ‖Q‖ | = (Σk ‖Lk‖2)½ and inner-product 〈〈〈Q, P〉〉〉 = Σk 〈〈Lk, Mk〉〉, together with a multiplication defined componentwise through the composition of the linear components, the vector space of all Hilbert-Schmidt quadratic operators Q on H becomes a linear H*-algebra containing an ideal of nuclear (trace class) quadratic operators. In the finite dimensional case, each Q is also shown to have another representation as a block-diagonal matrix of Hilbert-Schmidt class which simplifies the practical computation and manipulation of quadratic operators.
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- Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 123 - 134
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- Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990
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