This manuscript introduces a space of functions, termed occupation kernel Hilbert space (OKHS), that operate on collections of signals rather than real or complex functions. To support this new definition, an explicit class of OKHSs is given through
the consideration of a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS). This space enables the definition of nonlocal operators, such as fractional order Liouville operators, as well as spectral decomposition methods for corresponding fractional order dynamical systems. In this manuscript, a fractional order DMD routine is presented, and the details of the finite rank representations are given. Significantly, despite the added theoretical content through the OKHS formulation, the resultant computations only differ slightly from that of occupation kernel DMD methods for integer order systems posed over RKHSs.
An operator $T$ is called a 3-isometry if there exists operators $B_1(T^*,T)$ and $B_2(T^*,T)$ such that [Q(n)=T^{*n}T^n=1+nB_1(T^*,T)+n^2 B_2(T^*,T)] for all natural numbers $n$. An operator $J$ is a Jordan operator of order $2$ if $J=U+N$ where $U$
is unitary, $N$ is nilpotent order $2$, and $U$ and $N$ commute. An easy computation shows that $J$ is a $3$-isometry and that the restriction of $J$ to an invariant subspace is also a $3$-isometry. Those $3$-isometries which are the restriction of a Jordan operator to an invariant subspace can be identified, using the theory of completely positive maps, in terms of a positivity condition on the operator pencil $Q(s).$ In this article, we establish the analogous result in the multi-variable setting and show, by modifying an example of Choi, that an additional hypothesis is necessary. Lastly we discuss the joint spectrum of sub-Jordan tuples and derive results for 3-symmetric operators as a corollary.
