Similarity of \(n\)-hypercontractions and backward Bergman shifts (Q2869822)

An operator \(T\) on a Hilbert space \(H\) is said to be an \(n\)-hypercontraction if NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\sum_{j=0}^n (-1)^j {n\choose j} (T^*)^j T^j\geq 0.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The authors give a necessary and sufficient condition for certain \(n\)-hypercontractions \(T\) to be similar to the backward shift operator on a weighted Bergman space. It is assumed that \(T\) additionally has the following properties: (i) the span of \(\{\ker (T-\lambda):\lambda\in \mathbb D\}\) equals \(H\), and (ii) the spaces \(\ker (T-\lambda)\) depend analytically on \(\lambda\).