Krein space numerical ranges: compressions and dilations (Q376626)

Let \(H\) be a Hilbert space. Suppose that \(J\) is an involutive self-adjoint operator acting on \(H\). Then \(H\) can be viewed as a (complex) Krein space with respect to the indefinite inner product \([ x, y] := \langle Jx, y \rangle\). The Krein space numerical range of an operator \(A\) on \(H\) is then given by \(W_J(A) = \{ [ Ax, x] /[ x, x] : [ x, x] \neq 0 \}\). In this paper, the authors give a criterion for hyperbolicity of \(W_J (A)\) using a geometric approach. Then the hyperbolicity of the indefinite numerical range of generalized quadratic operators is presented and a characterization of the Krein space numerical range as a union of hyperbolical discs is obtained by a reduction to the two-dimensional case. In the last section, a result of Ando about dilations and the numerical range is extended to the setting of indefinite numerical ranges.