Some results on higher order isometries and symmetries: products and sums with a nilpotent operator (Q486229)

A Hilbert space operator \(T\) is said to be an \(n\)-isometry if \[ \sum_{k=0}^n(-1)^{n-k}{n\choose k}T^{\ast k}T^k=0 \] and it is called \(n\)-symmetric if \[ \sum_{k=0}^n(-1)^{n-k}{n\choose k}T^{\ast k}T^{n-k}=0. \] The authors, using a straightforward method, show that, if \(A\) is an \(m\)-isometry and \(Q\) is a nilpotent operator of order \(l\) and these operators commute, then their sum \(A+Q\) is an \((m+2l-2)\)-isometry. A~similar result is true for the sum of an \(m\)-symmetric operator and a nilpotent operator of order \(l\). They also show that the product of an \(m\)-isometry and an \(l\)-isometry which are doubly commuting is an \((m+l-1)\)-isometry. They obtain analogous results for the sum or product of two double commuting \(m\)-symmetric and \(l\)-symmetric operators.