Solution of a tridiagonal operator equation (Q819790)

Let \(T\) be the tridiagonal operator \[ T= \left[\begin{matrix} d_1 & c_1\\ u_2 & d_2 & c_2\\ & u_3 & d_3 &\ddots\\ &&\ddots &\ddots\end{matrix}\right] \] on \(\ell^2\), where \(\{c_n\}\), \(\{d_n\}\) and \(\{u_n\}\) are bounded sequences of complex numbers. For \(n\geq 1\), let \(T_n\) be the \(n\)-by-\(n\) leading principal submatrix of \(T\). This paper studies the operator equation \(Tx= y\) through its truncated equations \(T_n x^n= y_n\), where \(y_n\) is the vector of the first \(n\) components of \(y\). It is shown that if \(T_n\) is invertible for all \(n\) and \(\{\| T^{-1}_n e_n\|\}\) is bounded, where \(e_n\) denotes the \(n\)-vector \([0,\dots, 0,1]^t\), then any solution \(x\) of \(Tx= y\) is the norm limit of \([x^n,0]^t\), where \(x^n\) is such that \(T_n x^n= y_n\) and, in particular, \(T\) is one-to-one. Moreover, if the \(c_n\)'s and \(u_n\)'s are all nonzero and \(\{\| {T^\ast}^{-1}_n e_n\|\}\) is also bounded, then \(T\) is invertible. The authors then provide some verifiable conditions on the entries of \(T\) for the boundedness of \(\{\| T^{-1}_n e_n\|\}\) and \(\{\| {T^\ast}^{-1}_n e_n\|\}\). One such condition is that \(c_n= u_n= 1\) and for some \(\varepsilon> 0\), \((|d_n d_{n+1}|- 2)(|d_{n-1} d_n|- 2)\geq 4+\varepsilon\) for all \(n\).