The characteristics of expansivity of two variables weighted shift (Q1049592)

For two commuting bounded linear operators \(T_1\) and \(T_2\) on a complex Hilbert space \(H\) and two integers \(n_1\) and \(n_2\), denote \[ \Theta_{(n_1,n_2)}(T_1,T_2)=\sum\limits_{0\leq p_1\leq n_1,~0\leq p_2\leq n_2}(-1)^{p_1+p_2}\binom{n_1}{p_1}\binom{n_2}{p_2}T_2^{*p_2}T_1^{*p_1}T_1^{p_1}T_2^{p_2}. \] The operator tuple \((T_1,T_2)\) is said to be \((k_1,k_2)\)-expansive if \(\Theta_{(k_1,k_2)}(T_1,T_2)\leq 0\), and \((k_1,k_2)\)-hyperexpansive if \(\Theta_{(n_1,n_2)}(T_1,T_2)\leq 0\) for all \((n_1,n_2)\not=(0,0)\) for which \(n_i\leq k_i\). It is said to be completely hyperexpansive if it is \((k_1,k_2)\)-expansive for all \((k_1,k_2)\). In this paper, the authors characterize \((k_1,k_2)\)-expansivity, \((k_1,k_2)\)-hyperexpansivity and completely hyperexpansivity of two variables weighted shifts. Many examples are given which nicely illustrate the obtained results.