Intersections of commutants with closures of derivation ranges (Q1715037)

Let $L(H)$ be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space $H$. For a fixed operator $A\in B(H)$, the inner derivation $\delta_{A} :B(H)\to B(H)$ is defined by $\delta_{A} (X)=AX-XA$. In this paper, the authors study some properties of the class of operators $A\in B(H)$ for which $R^{w} (\delta_{A})\bigcap \{ A\} '\bigcap K(H)=\{ 0\} $. Here, $R^{w} (\delta_{A})$ is the weak closure of the range of the derivation, $\{ A\} '$ is the commutant of $A$, and $K(H)\subseteq B(H)$ is the ideal of compact operators. In particular, it is shown that this class is norm dense in $B(H)$. The authors also describe a large set of operators in this class.