No Arabic abstract
Linear spaces with an Euclidean metric are ubiquitous in mathematics, arising both from quadratic forms and inner products. Operators on such spaces also occur naturally. In recent years, the study of multivariate operator theory has made substantial progress. Although the study of self-adjoint operators goes back a few decades, the non self-adjoint theory has developed at a slower pace. While several approaches to this topic has been developed, the one that has been most fruitful is clearly the study of Hilbert spaces that are modules over natural function algebras like $mathcal A({Omega})$, where $Omega subseteq mathbb C^m$ is a bounded domain, consisting of complex valued functions which are holomorphic on some open set $U$ containing $overline{Omega}$, the closure of $Omega$. The book, Hilbert Modules over function algebra, R. G. Douglas and V. I. Paulsen showed how to recast many of the familiar theorems of operator theory in the language of Hilbert modules. The book, Spectral decomposition of analytic sheaves, J. Eschmeier and M. Putinar and the book, Analytic Hilbert modules, X. Chen and K. Guo, provide an account of the achievements from the recent past. The impetus for much of what is described below comes from the interplay of operator theory with other areas of mathematics like complex geometry and representation theory of locally compact groups.
It is known that all the vector bundles of the title can be obtained by holomorphic induction from representations of a certain parabolic group on finite dimensional inner product spaces. The representations, and the induced bundles, have composition series with irreducible factors. We give a condition under which the bundle and the direct sum of its irreducible constituents are intertwined by an equivariant constant coefficient differential operator. We show that in the case of the unit ball in $mathbb C^2$ this condition is always satisfied. As an application we show that all homogeneous pairs of Cowen-Douglas operators are similar to direct sums of certain basic pairs.
It is known that all the vector bundles of the title can be obtained by holomorphic induction from representations of a certain parabolic Lie algebra on finite dimensional inner product spaces. The representations, and the induced bundles, have composition series with irreducible factors. Our first main result is the construction of an explicit differential operator intertwining the bundle with the direct sum of its factors. Next, we study Hilbert spaces of sections of these bundles. We use this to get, in particular, a full description and a similarity theorem for homogeneous $n$-tuples of operators in the Cowen-Douglas class of the Euclidean unit ball in $mathbb C^n$.
The Kubo-Ando theory deals with connections for positive bounded operators. On the other hand, in various analysis related to von Neumann algebras it is impossible to avoid unbounded operators. In this article we try to extend a notion of connections to cover various classes of positive unbounded operators (or unbounded objects such as positive forms and weights) appearing naturally in the setting of von Neumann algebras, and we must keep all the expected properties maintained. This generalization is carried out for the following classes: (i) positive $tau$-measurable operators (affiliated with a semi-finite von Neumann algebra equipped with a trace $tau$), (ii) positive elements in Haagerups $L^p$-spaces, (iii) semi-finite normal weights on a von Neumann algebra. Investigation on these generalizations requires some analysis (such as certain upper semi-continuity) on decreasing sequences in various classes. Several results in this direction are proved, which may be of independent interest. Ando studied Lebesgue decomposition for positive bounded operators by making use of parallel sums. Here, such decomposition is obtained in the setting of non-commutative (Hilsum) $L^p$-spaces.
In this article we give an expository account of the holomorphic motion theorem based on work of M`a~ne-Sad-Sullivan, Bers-Royden, and Chirka. After proving this theorem, we show that tangent vectors to holomorphic motions have $|epsilon log epsilon|$ moduli of continuity and then show how this type of continuity for tangent vectors can be combined with Schwarzs lemma and integration over the holomorphic variable to produce Holder continuity on the mappings. We also prove, by using holomorphic motions, that Kobayashis and Teichmullers metrics on the Teichmuller space of a Riemann surface coincide. Finally, we present an application of holomorphic motions to complex dynamics, that is, we prove the Fatou linearization theorem for parabolic germs by involving holomorphic motions.
The well known Douglas Lemma says that for operators $A,B$ on Hilbert space that $AA^*-BB^*succeq 0$ implies $B=AC$ for some contraction operator $C$. The result carries over directly to classical operator-valued Toeplitz operators by simply replacing operator by Toeplitz operator. Free functions generalize the notion of free polynomials and formal power series and trace back to the work of J. Taylor in the 1970s. They are of current interest, in part because of their connections with free probability and engineering systems theory. For free functions $a$ and $b$ on a free domain $cK$ defined free polynomial inequalities, a sufficient condition on the difference $aa^*-bb^*$ to imply the existence a free function $c$ taking contractive values on $cK$ such that $a=bc$ is established. The connection to recent work of Agler and McCarthy and their free Toeplitz Corona Theorem is exposited.