Minimal unitary dilations for commuting contractions

Abstract: For commuting contractions

T_{1}, d o t s, T_{n}

acting on a Hilbert space

m a t h c a l H

with

T = p r o d_{i = 1}^{n} T_{i}

, we show that

(T_{1}, d o t s, T_{n})

dilates to commuting isometries

(V_{1}, d o t s, V_{n})

on the minimal isometric dilation space of

T

with

V = p r o d_{i = 1}^{n} V_{i}

being the minimal isometric dilation of

T

if and only if

(T_{1}^{*}, d o t s, T_{n}^{*})

dilates to commuting isometries

(Y_{1}, d o t s, Y_{n})

on the minimal isometric dilation space of

T^{*}

with

Y = p r o d_{i = 1}^{n} Y_{i}

being the minimal isometric dilation of

T^{*}

. Then, we prove an analogue of this result for unitary dilations of

(T_{1}, d o t s, T_{n})

and its adjoint. We find a necessary and sufficient condition such that

(T_{1}, d o t s, T_{n})

possesses a unitary dilation

(W_{1}, d o t s, W_{n})

on the minimal unitary dilation space of

T

with

W = p r o d_{i = 1}^{n} W_{i}

being the minimal unitary dilation of

T

. We show an explicit construction of such a unitary dilation on both Sch

d d o t a

ffer and Sz. Nagy-Foias minimal unitary dilation spaces of

T

. Also, we show that a relatively weaker hypothesis is necessary and sufficient for the existence of such a unitary dilation when

T

is a

C ._{0}

contraction, i.e. when

{T^{*}}^{n} i g h t a r r o w 0

strongly as

n i g h t a r r o w i n f t y

. We construct a different unitary dilation for

(T_{1}, d o t s, T_{n})

when

T

is a

C ._{0}

contraction.

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