Representation of commutators on Schatten \(p\)-classes (Q6123813)

Summary: Let \(\mathcal{C}_p\) be the Schatten \(p\)-class of \(\ell_2\) for \(1<p<\infty\), and let \(\mathcal{T}_p\) be the closed subspace of \(\mathcal{C}_p\) consisting of all lower triangular matrices. In this paper, we show that a bounded linear operator \(T\) on \(\mathcal{C}_p\) is a commutator if and only if \(T\) is not of the form \(\lambda I+K\), where \(0\neq \lambda\in\mathbb{C}\) and \(K\) is a \(\mathcal{C}_p\)-strictly singular operator. It is done by showing that a bounded linear operator \(T\) on \(\mathcal{T}_p\) is not a commutator if and only if \(T\) has the same form.