Diagonals of self-adjoint operators II: Non-compact operators

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Authors Marcin Bownik, John Jasper

Publication date 27 April 2023

Abstract: Given a self-adjoint operator $T$ on a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space we study the problem of characterizing the set $mathcalD(T)$ of all possible diagonals of $T$. For operators $T$ with at least two points in their essential spectrum $sigm{a}_{ess}(T)$, we give a complete characterization of $mathcalD(T)$ for the class of self-adjoint operators sharing the same spectral measure as $T$ with a possible exception of multiplicities of eigenvalues at the extreme points of $sigm{a}_{ess}(T)$. We also give a more precise description of $mathcalD(T)$ for a fixed self-adjoint operator $T$, albeit modulo the kernel problem for special classes of operators. These classes consist of operators $T$ for which an extreme point of the essential spectrum $sigm{a}_{ess}(T)$ is also an extreme point of the spectrum $sigma(T)$. Our results generalize a characterization of diagonals of orthogonal projections by Kadison, Blaschke-type results of M"uller and Tomilov, and Loreaux and Weiss, and a characterization of diagonals of operators with finite spectrum by the authors.

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