On the numerical range of some weighted shift operators (Q2668074)

The paper under review is devoted to computing the numerical radius of a weighted shift operator \(T\) on a complex Hilbert space with weights \((h,k,ab,ab,\ldots)\) where \(h,k,a,b\) are positive numbers and satisfy \(bh^2+(a+b)k^2>(a+b)^2b\). This is done viewing \(T\) as acting on a Hardy space \(H^2\) for appropriate weights related to \(T\), and studying the properties of an eigenfunction \(f\) of the operator \(\frac{T+T^*}{2}\) for an eigenvalue \(\alpha\) satisfying \(\alpha=\big\|\frac{T+T^*}{2}\big\|=w\big(\frac{T+T^*}{2}\big)=w(T)\). As an application, the authors obtain a lower bound of the numerical radius of some tridiagonal operators.