Completeness of rank one perturbations of normal operators with lacunary spectrum (Q1708563)

Summary: Suppose \(\mathcal{A}\) is a compact normal operator on a Hilbert space \(H\) with certain lacunarity condition on the spectrum (which means, in particular, that its eigenvalues go to zero exponentially fast), and let \(\mathcal{L}\) be its rank one perturbation. We show that either infinitely many moment equalities hold or the linear span of root vectors of \(\mathcal{L}\), corresponding to non-zero eigenvalues, is of finite codimension in \(H\). In contrast to classical results, we do not assume the perturbation to be weak.