Kühne-Iokhvidov-Shtraus effect (Q762444)

The authors consider connections between complete continuity of some operators and their iterates. [The title refers to the papers [\textit{R. Kühne}, Math. Ann. 154, 56-69 (1964; Zbl 0143.164)], [\textit{I. S. Iokhvidov}, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 153, 258-261 (1963; Zbl 0136.119)] and [\textit{V. A. Shtraus}, Izv. Akad. Nauk. Est. SSR, Fiz.-Mat. 21, 360-363 (1972; Zbl 0246.47044)]. A class of J-self-adjoint operators is introduced and characterized and it is stated that for any operator from this class complete continuity of an iterate of it implies complete continuity of the operator itself. A method of constructing bounded, J-non-negative and non-completely continuous operators such that their squares are completely continuous is also outlined.