On the fine spectrum of the generalized difference operator \(B(r,s)\) over the sequence space \(\ell_1\) and \(bv\) (Q2372698)

For two real numbers \(r\) and \(s\) such that \(s\not=0\), denote by \(B(r,s)\) the following band matrix \[ \begin{bmatrix} r & 0 & 0 & 0 & \dots \cr s & r & 0& 0 & \dots \cr 0& s&r&0& \dots \cr 0 & 0 & s & r & \dots \cr \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots& \ddots \end{bmatrix}. \] The authors describe the spectra of \(B(r,s)\) when it is regarded as an operator acting on the space \(\ell_1\) of all summable sequences and on the space \(bv\) of all sequences of bounded variation. Note that this operator is nothing but the sum of \(rI\) and \(sU\), where \(I\) is the identity and \(U\) is the unweighted unilateral shift.