A non-hyponormal operator generating Stieltjes moment sequences (Q418710)

One says that a linear operator \(S\) acting in a complex Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\) generates Stieltjes moment sequences if the set \(\mathcal D^\infty(S)\) of its \(C^\infty\)-vectors is dense in \(\mathcal H\) and \(\{\| S^nf\|^2\}_{n=0}^\infty\) is a Stieltjes moment sequence for every \(f\in\mathcal D^\infty(S)\). The aim of the paper is to show that there exists a closed non-hyponormal operator \(S\) which generates Stieltjes moment sequences. In particular, there exists a non-hyponormal composition operator in an \(L^2\)-space which is injective, paranormal and which generates Stieltjes moment sequences. The authors also show that the independence assertion of \textit{B. Simon}'s theorem (see Theorem A.1.1 in [Adv. Math. 137, No. 1, 82--203 (1998; Zbl 0910.44004)]) which parametrize von Neumann extensions of a closed real symmetric operator with indices (1,1) is false.