On \(M\)-hyponormal weighted shifts. (Q1413164)

Let \(\alpha= \{\alpha_n\}_n\) be a weight sequence and let \(W_\alpha\) denote the associated unilateral weighted shift of \(\ell^2(\mathbb{Z}_+)\). Recall that a bounded operator \(T\) on a Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}\) is called \(M\)-hyponormal if there exists \(M> 0\) such that \(\|(T- \lambda)^*\|\leq\|(T- \lambda)x\|\) for all \(\lambda\in\mathbb{C}\) and all \(x\in{\mathcal H}\). The main results of this interesting paper are as follows: (i) If \(\alpha\) is eventually increasing, then \(W_\alpha\) is \(M\)-hyponormal. (ii) If \(\alpha\) has exactly two subsequential limits such that the larger one is different from the spectral radius of \(W_\alpha\), then \(W_\alpha\) is not \(M\)-hyponormal.