Convergence of the iterated Aluthge transform sequence for diagonalizable matrices

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Abstract: Given an rimesr complex matrix T, if T=U|T| is the polar decomposition of T, then, the Aluthge transform is defined by Delta(T)= |T|^{1/2} U |T |^{1/2}. Let Deltan(T) denote the n-times iterated Aluthge transform of T, i.e. Delta0(T)=T and Deltan(T)=Delta(Deltan−1(T)), ninmathbbN. We prove that the sequence Deltan(T)ninmathbbN converges for every rimesr {�f diagonalizable} matrix T. We show that the limit Deltainfty(cdot) is a map of class Cinfty on the similarity orbit of a diagonalizable matrix, and %of class Cinfty on the (open and dense) set of rimesr matrices with r different eigenvalues.


Given an \(r\times r\) complex matrix \(T\), let \(T=U| T| \), where the matrices \(U\) and \(| T| \) are respectively unitary and nonnegatively defined Hermitian, be the polar decomposition of \(T\). The Aluthge transform of \(T\) is defined by \[ \Delta (T)=| T| ^{1/2}U| T| ^{1/2}. \] Let \(\Delta^n (T)\) denote the \(n\)-times iterated Aluthge transform of \(T\), i.e. \(\Delta^n (T)=\Delta (\Delta^{n-1} (T))\), \(n\in\mathbb N\). In the paper it is shown that the sequence \(\{\Delta^n (T)\}_{n\in\mathbb N}\) converges for every \(r\times r\) diagonalizable matrix \(T\). It is also shown that the limit \(\Delta^{\infty}(\cdot)\) is a map of class \(C^{\infty}\) on the similarity orbit of a diagonalizable matrix, and on the set of \(r\times r\) matrices with \(r\) different eigenvalues.











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