The Weyl-von~Neumann theorem and Borel complexity of unitary equivalence modulo compacts of self-adjoint operators

DOI10.1017/S0308210515000293zbMATH Open1353.47042arXiv1402.6947OpenAlexW2963156810MaRDI QIDQ5744590FDOQ5744590

Authors: Hiroshi Ando, Yasumichi Matsuzawa 

Publication date: 18 February 2016

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Weyl-von Neumann Theorem asserts that two bounded self-adjoint operators $A,B$ on a Hilbert space $H$ are unitarily equivalent modulo compacts, i.e., $uA{u}^{\ast }+K=B$ for some unitary $uinmathcalU(H)$ and compact self-adjoint operator $K$, if and only if $A$ and $B$ have the same essential spectra: $sigm{a}_{mess}(A)=sigm{a}_{mess}(B)$. In this paper we consider to what extent the above Weyl-von Neumann's result can(not) be extended to unbounded operators using descriptive set theory. We show that if $H$ is separable infinite-dimensional, this equivalence relation for bounded self-adjoin operators is smooth, while the same equivalence relation for general self-adjoint operators contains a dense $G_{delta}$-orbit but does not admit classification by countable structures. On the other hand, apparently related equivalence relation $AsimBLeftrightarrowexistsuinmathcalU(H)[u(A-i{)}^{-1}{u}^{\ast }-(B-i{)}^{-1}$ is compact], is shown to be smooth. Various Borel or co-analytic equivalence relations related to self-adjoint operators are also presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1402.6947

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulenceself-adjoint operatorsWeyl-von Neumann theoremequivalence modulo compacts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear symmetric and selfadjoint operators (unbounded) (47B25) Descriptive set theory (03E15)

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