Irregular vectors of Hilbert space operators (Q1018326)

A vector \(x\) in a complex Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}\) is called \textit{irregular} for a bounded linear operator \(T\) on \({\mathcal H}\) if \(\sup_n\|T^nx\|=\infty\) and \(\inf_n\|T^nx\|=0\). The paper under review is devoted to a systematic investigation of permanence properties of operators having irregular vectors, and contains many examples and remarks which nicely illustrate the obtained results and highlight the relationship, or lack thereof, between irregularity and hypercyclicity.