Generalizations of Kaplansky's theorem involving unbounded linear operators (Q2926669)

Let $H$ be a separable complex Hilbert space and let $\mathcal{B}(H)$ be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on $H$. In [Duke Math. J. 20, 257--260 (1953; Zbl 0050.34101)], \textit{I. Kaplansky} showed that, if $AB$ and $A$ are normal for $A, B \in \mathcal{B}(H)$, then $B$ commutes with $AA^{\ast}$ if and only if $BA$ is normal. \par In this paper, the authors partially extend Kaplansky's theorem as follows. Let $A$ be normal and let $AB$ be hyponormal for $A, B \in \mathcal{B}(H)$. If $B$ commutes with $AA^{\ast}$, then $BA$ is hyponormal. However, the converse statement does not hold. \par The authors are also concerned with the result of Kaplansky in the case in which at least one of the operators is unbounded. So they prove the following theorem. Let $B$ be an unbounded operator and let $A$ be a bounded one such that both $A$ and $B$ are normal. If $A^{\ast}AB \subset BA^{\ast}A$, $AB^{\ast}B \subset B^{\ast}BA$, and $BA$ is densely defined, then $BA$ is normal.