Solutions to operator equations on Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules. II (Q601711)

The operator equation \(A^*X + X^*A = C\) was investigated for finite matrices by \textit{H.\,W.\thinspace Braden} [SIAM J.~Matrix Anal.\ Appl.\ 20, No.\,2, 295--302 (1998; Zbl 0920.15005)] and for Hilbert space operators by \textit{D.\,S.\thinspace Djordjević} [J.~Comput.\ Appl.\ Math.\ 200, No.\,2, 701--704 (2007; Zbl 1113.47011)]. The operator equation \(A^*XB + B^*X^*A = C\) was studied for usual matrices by \textit{Y.-X.\thinspace Yuan} [J.~Nanjing Univ., Math.\ Biq.\ 18, No.\,2, 221--227 (2001; Zbl 1143.15302)] and for Hilbert \(C^*\)-module operators with closed ranges by \textit{Q.-X.\thinspace Xu}, \textit{L.-J.\thinspace Shaeng} and \textit{Y.-Y.\thinspace Gu} [Linear Algebra Appl.\ 429, No.\, 8--9, 1997--2024 (2008; Zbl 1147.47014)]. In the present paper, the authors study the solvability of the operator equations \(A^*X + X^*A = C\) and \(A^*XB + B^*X^*A = C\) for general adjointable operators acting on Hilbert \(C^*\)-modules with or without closed ranges. \textit{Q.-X.\thinspace Xu}, \textit{L.-J.\thinspace Shaeng} and \textit{Y.-Y.\thinspace Gu} [op.\,cit.]\ proposed some equivalent conditions for the existence of the real positive solution to the operator equation \(AXB = C\) for the adjointable Hilbert \(C^*\)-module operators with closed ranges. In the present paper, the authors discuss the general solution to the operator equation \(AXB = C\) and obtain some necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a real positive solution, of a solution \(X\) with \(B^*(X^* + X)B \geq 0\), of a solution \(X\) with \(B^*XB \geq 0\) and of a positive solution whenever \(R(B) \subseteq \overline{R(A^*)}\). [Part I appeared in Linear Algebra Appl.\ 431, No.\,11, 2142--2153 (2009; Zbl 1175.47014).]