Atomic operators in vector lattices (Q2199744)

The study of orthogonally additive operators (and their various subclasses) between vector lattices has garnered a lot of attention since their introduction in the 1990s [\textit{J. M. Mazón} and \textit{S. Segura de León}, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl. 35, No. 4, 329--353 (1990; Zbl 0723.47047); \textit{J. M. Mazón} and \textit{S. Segura de León}, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl. 35, No. 5, 431--449 (1990; Zbl 0717.47031)]. Let \(E\) and \(F\) be vector lattices and \(\Phi\) be a Boolean homomorphism from Boolean algebra \(\mathfrak B(E)\) to the Boolean algebra \(\mathfrak B(F)\). \textit{N. Abasov} and \textit{M. Pliev} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 455, No. 1, 516--527 (2017; Zbl 1459.47020)] introduced the class of \(\Phi\)-operators. An operator (not necessarily linear) \(T:E\to F\) is called a \(\Phi\)-operator if \[ T\circ \pi=\Phi(\pi)T\text{ for every order projection }\pi\in \mathfrak B(E). \] If \(E\) has the principal projection property, then the \(\Phi\)-operators from \(E\) to \(F\) form a subclass of the orthogonally additive operators. The paper under review calls an operator \(T:E\to F\) \emph{atomic} if there exists a Boolean homomorphism \(\Phi:\mathfrak B(E)\to \mathfrak B(F)\) such that \(T\) is a \(\Phi\)-operator. Properties of the set of all atomic operators from \(E\) to \(F\) subordinate to \(\Phi\) and of \emph{minimal extensions} of atomic operators are studied. Furthermore, continuous atomic operators between spaces of real-valued measurable functions are characterized (Theorem 3.2).