Hypercyclic operators on topological vector spaces (Q2909048)

This paper is concerned with the study of existence of hypercyclic operators on topological vector spaces. A continuous linear operator \(T\) on a topological vector space \(X\) is said to be hypercyclic if there exists a vector \(x\in X\) such that the set \(\{T^{n}x : n\in\mathbb{N}\}\) is dense in \(X\). If \((X_{n})_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\) is a sequence of separable Fréchet spaces, the locally convex direct sum \(X=\oplus_{n\in \mathbb{N}}X_{n}\) (i.e., the algebraic direct sum of the spaces \(X_{n}\) equipped with the strongest locally convex topology which induces the original topology on each space \(X_{n}\)) is shown to support a hypercyclic operator if and only if \(X_{n}\) is infinite-dimensional for infinitely many \(n\). This generalizes previous work of \textit{J. Bonet} et al. [``Transitive and hypercyclic operators on locally convex spaces'', Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 37, No. 2, 254--264 (2005; Zbl 1150.47005)]. Inductive limits of sequences \((X_{n})_{n\in \mathbb{N}}\) which support a hypercyclic operator are also characterized.