Canonical graph contractions of linear relations on Hilbert spaces

Abstract: Given a closed linear relation

T

between two Hilbert spaces

m a t h c a l H

and

m a t h c a l K

, the corresponding first and second coordinate projections

P_{T}

and

Q_{T}

are both linear contractions from

T

to

m a t h c a l H

, and to

m a t h c a l K

, respectively. In this paper we investigate the features of these graph contractions. We show among others that

P_{T}^{} P_{T}^{*} = (I + T^{*} T)^{- 1}

, and that

Q_{T}^{} Q_{T}^{*} = I - (I + T T^{*})^{- 1}

. The ranges

o p e r a t o r n a m e r a n P_{T}^{*}

and

o p e r a t o r n a m e r a n Q_{T}^{*}

are proved to be closely related to the so called `regular part' of

T

. The connection of the graph projections to Stone's decomposition of a closed linear relation is also discussed.

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