The essential selfcommutator
of a subnormal operator
Authors:
John B. Conway and Nathan S. Feldman
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 243-244
MSC (1991):
Primary 47B20; Secondary 30E10
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03698-8
MathSciNet review:
1363417
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Abstract: In this paper an easier proof is obtained of Alexandru Aleman's extension of an inequality of Axler and Shapiro for subnormal operators to the essential norm. The method is applied to show that a hyponormal operator whose essential spectrum has area zero must be essentially normal.
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John B. Conway
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1300
Nathan S. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1300
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-97-03698-8
Keywords:
Subnormal operator,
hyponormal operators,
essential norm,
selfcommutator
Received by editor(s):
August 15, 1995
Communicated by:
Palle E. T. Jorgensen
Article copyright:
© Copyright 1997
American Mathematical Society
