Trace formulas for a class of vector-valued Wiener-Hopf like operators. I (Q692599)

Let \(h\) be a summable \(d\times d\) matrix-valued function on \({\mathbb R}\) and \[ \Delta(\mu)=I_d+\int_{\mathbb R} e^{i\mu x}h(x)\,dx. \] By \(L_2^d({\mathbb R},\Delta)\) we denote the space of \(d\times 1\) vector-valued functions \(f\) such that \[ \int_{\mathbb R}f(\mu)^*\Delta(\mu)f(\mu)\,d\mu<\infty, \] and let \({\mathcal E}_T^d(\Delta)\) be its subspace consisting of entire functions of exponential type less than or equal to \(T\). The orthogonal projection from \(L_2^d({\mathbb R},\Delta)\) to \({\mathcal E}_T^d(\Delta)\) is denoted by \(P_T\), and the operator of multiplication by a suitably restricted \(d\times d\) matrix-valued function is denoted by \(G\). It is shown that, under certain assumptions, the operators \[ (P_T GP_T)^n-P_TG^nP_T \] are of trace class for every \(n\in{\mathbb N}\) whenever \(T\) is sufficiently large and the limits \[ k_n(G)=\lim_{T\to\infty}\text{trace}\{(P_TGP_T)^n-P_TG^nP_T\} \] exist. Moreover, these limits are independent of \(h\) when \(G\) commutes with certain factors of \(\Delta\).