Local spectral properties of typical contractions on \(\ell_p\)-spaces (Q2166138)

This nice article is a follow-up of the two important papers [\textit{S. Grivaux} et al., Linear dynamical systems on Hilbert spaces: typical properties and explicit examples. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (2021; Zbl 1479.47002)] and [\textit{S. Grivaux} et al., Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 374, No. 10, 7359--7410 (2021; Zbl 07398006)]. Let \(X\) be one of the \(l_p\) spaces, where \(1<p<\infty\). The closed unit ball of the space \(B(X)\) of bounded linear operators on \(X\) is a Polish space when equipped with the \(SOT^*\) topology, defined as convergence of \(T\) and \(T^*\) in the weak operator topology. Hence it is natural to investigate the typical properties, in the Baire category sense, of a contraction on \(X\). The gist of the present work is that the methods from local spectral theory are not helpful for showing that a typical contraction on \(l_p\), where \(1 < p < \infty\) and \(p\not= 2\), has a nontrivial invariant subspace (a~basic open problem). Note that in the case \(p=2\), it follows from the Brown-Chevreau-Pearcy theorem that this typical existence holds true. Precisely, it is shown here that a typical contraction on \(l_p\) fails the properties \((\delta)\) and \((\beta)\), is completely indecomposable and has empty localizable spectrum. More results are shown on the typical behaviour of orbits, which happens to be chaotic as could be expected, and on contractions which are mixing in the Gaussian sense. Several open questions conclude the article: for instance, it is not known if a typical contraction on \(l_p\) fails to satisfy the assumptions of the Lomonosov theorem.