Perturbation of \(m\)-isometries by nilpotent operators (Q1724876)

Summary: We prove that if \(T\) is an \(m\)-isometry on a Hilbert space and \(Q\) an \(n\)-nilpotent operator commuting with \(T\), then \(T + Q\) is a \(\left(2 n + m - 2\right)\)-isometry. Moreover, we show that a similar result for \(\left(m, q\right)\)-isometries on Banach spaces is not true.