On the spectral picture of an irreducible subnormal operator II
Authors:
Nathan S. Feldman and Paul McGuire
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131 (2003), 1793-1801
MSC (2000):
Primary 47B20; Secondary 47A10
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06705-9
Published electronically:
October 1, 2002
MathSciNet review:
1955267
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Abstract: In this paper we show that the spectral picture of an irreducible subnormal operator may be arbitrarily prescribed subject only to certain natural necessary conditions. This completes work begun by the second author.
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Additional Information
Nathan S. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450
Email:
feldmanN@wlu.edu
Paul McGuire
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837
Email:
pmcguire@bucknell.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06705-9
Keywords:
Spectral picture,
irreducible subnormal operator,
dual operator
Received by editor(s):
November 8, 2001
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
January 17, 2002
Published electronically:
October 1, 2002
Communicated by:
Joseph A. Ball
Article copyright:
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