Modern approaches to the invariant‐subspace problem (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 188)
Modern approaches to the invariant‐subspace problem (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 188)
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10.1112/blms/bdt016
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2013-08
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0.9
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T. Gillespie
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T. Gillespie
The invariant-subspace problem asks whether every bounded linear operator T on a complex Banach space X of dimension at least 2 has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace; that is, does there exist a closed subspace M of X, different from both {0} and X, such that T (M)⊆ M? If X is finite-dimensional, then T will have an eigenvector and hence a onedimensional invariant subspace whilst, if X is non-separable and 0= x∈ X, then the closed linear span of {Tnx: n= 0, 1, 2,...} is non-trivial and T-invariant. Thus the interest in the problem lies in the case when X is infinite-dimensional and separable. The problem dates back at least as far as the 1950s when Aronszajn and Smith [1] gave a positive solution for compact operators on Banach spaces, the Hilbert space case of this result having been settled earlier by von Neumann in unpublished work. The compact case was extended by Bernstein and Robinson [2], who showed using non-standard analysis techniques that T has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace if p (T) is compact for some non-zero polynomial. The proof, which applied to Hilbert spaces, was reworked in [6] using standard methods and further simplified by Bonsall [3]. Bonsall’s proof is valid in a Banach space setting. The next milestone was the significant extension of the Bernstein–Robinson theorem obtained in 1973 by VI Lomonosov using an entirely new approach. The Lomonosov result states that every T on a Banach space that commutes with a non-zero compact operator and is not a scalar multiple of the identity operator has a non-trivial closed hyperinvariant subspace (that is, invariant for the commutant of T).The general invariant-subspace problem for Banach spaces was stated explicitly in [1], the authors commenting that it was open even in the Hilbert space setting. It is now known to have a negative solution for a general Banach space, a counterexample having been given by Enflo [4, 5] and another by Read [7], who also gave the first counterexample on a classical space, namely on the sequence space l1[8]. However, the problem remains open for Hilbert space, or more generally for reflexive Banach spaces. Over the years, it has provided the stimulus for a great number of developments in operator theory, both on Banach and on Hilbert spaces. The aim of the present book is to give an account of some of these developments. The first chapter comprises standard background material from functional analysis, operator theory and complex analysis that will be needed later. The discussion then moves on to a detailed account of a method for constructing invariant subspaces that arose from the seminal result obtained by SW Brown in 1978 asserting that every subnormal operator on a Hilbert space has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace. An operator on a Hilbert space H is said to be subnormal if it has an extension to a normal operator acting on a Hilbert space containing H. Given that normal operators have a wealth of invariant subspaces from the spectral theorem, it was a natural next step to examine the subnormal case. The key result that Brown established was that, if T is a non-normal subnormal operator with a cyclic vector, then there exist vectors x and y in the underlying Hilbert space and a complex number λ such that p (λ)=〈 p (T) x, y〉