Duality of closed S-decomposble operators (Q1120112)

Let T be a closed operator on a complex Banach space X. In this paper we assume its extended spectrum is not \({\bar {\mathbb{C}}}={\mathbb{C}}\cup \{\infty \}\). We obtain several characterizations of S-decomposability for T, which generalize the results due to the author [Tôhoku Math. J. 35, 261-265 (1983; Zbl 0516.47020)]. Also we prove a predual theorem for S-decomposability under some density condition, i.e., if T is a densely defined closed operator and if \(T^*\) is S-decomposable and \(D(T^*)\), \(D(T^{**})\), \(D(T^{***})\), \(D(T^{****})\) are dense, then T is also S-decomposable. This is a generalization of the result due to \textit{I. Erdelyi} and \textit{Wang Shengwang} [Pac. J. Math. 114, 73-93 (1984; Zbl 0559.47025)], which proved the case \(S=(\emptyset)\).