The extended Aluthge transform (Q2220149)

Let \(T=U|T|\) be the polar decomposition of a bounded linear operator \(T\) on a complex Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\), and let \(P\) be a positive semi-definite operator on \(\mathcal{H}\) such that \(T=U|T|=UP\). The authors define the extended Aluthge transform \(\Delta_{P}(T)\) associated with \(P\) by \[ \Delta_{P}(T)=P^{1/2}UP^{1/2}. \] Obviously, \(\Delta(T):=\Delta_{|T|}(T)\) is the usual Aluthge transform. The authors give some basic properties of extended Aluthge transform as follows: (i) An operator matrix representation of \(\Delta_{P}(T)\) is given. (ii) A characterization of an operator \(T\) such that \(\Delta_{P}(T)=T\) is given. (iii) The authors obtain a concrete form of \(\Delta_{P}(T)\) if \(T\) is idenpotent (i.e., \(T^{2}=T\)). (iv) The authors point out that the spherical Aluthge transform can be considered as an extended Aluthge transform. (v) The authors give an example of a complex symmetric operator \(T\) such that \(\Delta_{P}(T)\) is not, while (\(\Delta(T)\) is always complex symmetric if \(T\) is so [\textit{S. R. Garcia}, Integral Equations Oper. Theory 60, No. 3, 357--367 (2008; Zbl 1160.47001)]. (vi) The authors obtain an example of \(T\) such that \(\overline{W(\Delta_{P}(T))}\not\subseteq \overline{W(T)}\), where \(\overline{W(T)}\) is a closure of numerical range of \(T\). More precisely, the authors obtain that \(\overline{W(\Delta(T))}\subseteq \overline{W(\Delta_{P}(T))}\) (also \(\overline{W(\Delta(T))}\subseteq \overline{W(T)}\) holds for any operator \(T\) [\textit{P. Y. Wu}, Linear Algebra Appl. 357, No. 1--3, 295--298 (2002; Zbl 1028.47003)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1455.47001].