Diagonalizing operators with reflection symmetry (Q1604531)

Let \({\mathcal H}_0\) be a Hilbert space and \(U\) an operator in \({\mathcal H}_0\). Further, let \({\mathcal K}\) be a closed \(U\)-invariant subspace of \({\mathcal H}_0\) and \(P\) stand for the projection of \({\mathcal H}_0\) onto \({\mathcal K}\). Finally, assume that there is a period-2 unitary operator \(J\) in \({\mathcal H}_0\) such that \(JUJ=U^*\) and \(PJP\geq 0\). It results then that there exists a Hilbert space \({\mathcal H}({\mathcal K})\), a contractive operator \(W:{\mathcal K} \to {\mathcal H}({\mathcal K})\) and a self-adjoint operator \(S=S(U)\) in \({\mathcal H}({\mathcal K})\) such that (i) \(W^*W=PJP\), (ii) \(W\) has dense range and (iii) \(SW=WUP\). Moreover, for the couple \(({\mathcal K}, J)\) as before, the system \(({\mathcal H}({\mathcal K}),W,S)\) under which (i)-(iii) hold is unique up to unitary equivalence.