Higher Rank Numerical Ranges of Normal Operators and unitary dilations

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2023.127077MaRDI QIDQ6368141arXivFDO

Authors Pankaj Dey, Mithun Mukherjee

Publication date 20 May 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMAA.2023.127077

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical range, numerical radius (47A12) Dilations, extensions, compressions of linear operators (47A20) Hermitian and normal operators (spectral measures, functional calculus, etc.) (47B15)

arXiv classification

math.FA

Abstract: We describe here the higher rank numerical range, as defined by Choi, Kribs and Zyczkowski, of a normal operator on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space in terms of its spectral measure. This generalizes a result of Avendano for self-adjoint operators. An analogous description of the numerical range of a normal operator by Durszt is derived for the higher rank numerical range as an immediate consequence. It has several interesting applications. We show using Durszt's example that there exists a normal contraction $T$ for which the intersection of the higher rank numerical ranges of all unitary dilations of $T$ contains the higher rank numerical range of $T$ as a proper subset. Finally, we strengthen and generalize a result of Wu by providing a necessary and sufficient condition for the higher rank numerical range of a normal contraction being equal to the intersection of the higher rank numerical ranges of all possible unitary dilations of it.

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