Maps preserving the Douglas solution of operator equations

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Abstract: We consider bijective maps phi on the full operator algebra mathcalB(mathcalH) of an infinite dimensional Hilbert space with the property that, for every A,B,XinmathcalB(mathcalH), X is the Douglas solution of the equation A=BX if and only if Y=phi(X) is the Douglas solution of the equation phi(A)=phi(B)Y. We prove that those maps are implemented by a unitary or anti-unitary map U, i.e., phi(A)=UAU∗.


Let \(B(H)\) denote the algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space \(H\), and let \(\varphi:B(H)\to B(H)\) be a bijection (neither linearity, nor continuity is required). Suppose that for any \(A,B,X\in B(H)\), \(X\) is a solution of the equation \(AX=B\) iff \(Y=\varphi(X)\) is a solution of the equation \(\varphi(A)Y=\varphi(B)\). It is shown that then \(\varphi\) is implemented by a unitary or anti-unitary operator \(U\) on \(H\), i.e., \(\varphi(X)=UX U^*\).











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