Interplay of Simple and Selfadjoint-Ideal Semigroups in B(H)

DOI10.7153/OAM-2021-15-56arXiv1806.01272MaRDI QIDQ6302537FDOQ6302537

Publication date: 4 June 2018

Abstract: This paper investigates a question of Radjavi: Which multiplicative semigroups in B(H) have all their ideals selfadjoint (called herein selfadjoint-ideal (SI) semigroups)? We proved this property is a unitary invariant for B(H)-semigroups, which invariant we believe is new. We characterize those SI semigroups S singly generated by T, for T a normal operator and for T a rank one operator. When T is nonselfadjoint and normal or rank one: S is an SI semigroup if and only if it is simple, except in one special rank one partial isometry case when our characterization yields S that are SI but not simple. So SI and simplicity are not equivalent notions. When T is selfadjoint, it is straightforward to see that S is always an SI semigroup, but we prove by examples they may or may not be simple, but for this case we do not have a characterization. The study of SI semigroups involves solving certain operator equations in the semigroups. A central theme of this paper is to study when and when not SI is equivalent to simple.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ideal theory for semigroups (20M12) Commutative semigroups (20M14) Hermitian and normal operators (spectral measures, functional calculus, etc.) (47B15) Groups and semigroups of linear operators (47D03) Operator ideals (47L20)

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