Contractibility of compact contractions in Hilbert space (Q5957208): Difference between revisions

A necessary and sufficient condition for the spectral radius of a compact contraction being less than one is stated. Let \(\Sigma\) denote a finite set of compact contractions on a complex Hilbert space. Then the spectral radius of \(A\) is less than one for all \(A\) in the multiplicative semigroup generated by \(\Sigma\) if and only if there exists a positive integer \(N\) such that norm of \(A\) is less than one for all \(A\) in the set of all products of operators in \(\Sigma\) of length \(N\). Related extensions and examples are considered.