Toeplitz matrices, asymptotic linear algebra, and functional analysis (Q4496850)

The text is self-contained introduction to some problems for Toeplitz matrices in the area between linear algebra and functional analysis. The authors confine themselves largely to the asymptotic study of the singular numbers of the Toeplitz matrices \(T(a)\) with symbol \(a\) on \(\ell_2\) and their finite sections \(T_n(a)\). In particular, they study the operator norms of \(T_n(a)\) and of \(T_n(a)^{-1}\), if \(T(a)\) is invertible. Section 2 establishes the convergence of \(T_n(a)\) to \(T(a)\) and of \(T^{-1}_n(a)\) to \(T^{-1}(a)\) for continuous symbols \(a\); for rational symbols, chapter 4 derives the speed for these convergence results, generally polynomially in the first case and exponentially in the second case. This also gives results for the convergence of the condition numbers. In the case of divergence, chapter 3 gives estimates for the order of increase of \(\|T_n(a)^{-1}\|\) for rational symbols \(a\). The results are beautiful and satisfactory in many instances, the proofs use ideas from \(C^*\)-algebras as well as hard analysis. See the review of the Hindustan Book Agency edition in [Zbl 0952.47025].