On similarity to normal operators (Q305870)

Let \(H\) and \(K\) be Hilbert spaces, let \(N\) on \(K\) be a normal operator and \(T\) on \(H\) be a contraction. If \(T\) is similar to \(N\), then \(N\) is a contraction whose completely non-unitary part (in the sense of Nagy-Foiąs-Langer decomposition, see [\textit{B. Sz.-Nagy} and \textit{C. Foiaş}, Harmonic analysis of operators on Hilbert space. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; Amsterdam-London: North-Holland Publishing Company (1970; Zbl 0201.45003)]) is strongly stable (that is, \(\lim N^n = 0\), in the strong operator topology). Moreover, if \(N = U \oplus G\) is the Nagy-Foiąs-Langer decomposition of \(N\), where \(U\) is the unitary part and \(G\) is the strongly stable completely non-unitary part of \(N\), and if \(X : H \rightarrow K\) is the similarity (that is, \(X\) is invertible and \(XT = NX\)), then the asymptotic limit \(A_T := \lim T^{*n} T^n\) (in the strong operator topology) of \(T\) is given by \[ A_T = X^*(\lim U^{*n} Q U^n \oplus 0)X \] (in the strong operator topology), where \(Q\) denotes the upper left block of \((X^{-1})^* X^{-1}\) with respect to the Nagy-Foiąs-Langer decomposition of \(N\). An application: If a hyponormal contraction \(T\) has no nontrivial invariant subspace, then \(\dim (I - T^* T) = \infty\) or \(\dim (I - T T^*) = \infty\).