Weighted projections into closed subspaces

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Abstract: In this paper we study A-projections, i.e. operators of a Hilbert space HH which act as projections when a seminorm is considered in HH. A-projections were introduced by Mitra and Rao cite{[MitRao74]} for finite dimensional spaces. We relate this concept to the theory of compatibility between positive operators and closed subspaces of HH. We also study the relationship between weighted least squares problems and compatibility.


Let \(L(\mathcal{H})\) be the algebra of all bounded linear operators on a Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\) and \(L(\mathcal{H})^{+}\) be the cone of semidefinite positive operators of \(L(\mathcal{H})\) . In the paper under review, the notion of the compatibility of a pair \((A,\mathcal{S})\) of an operator \(A\in L(\mathcal{H})^{+}\) and a closed subspace \(\mathcal{S} \subseteq \mathcal{H}\) plays a fundamental role; this notion was introduced by the first author et al. [Acta Sci. Math. 67, No. 1--2, 337--356 (2001; Zbl 0980.47021); Linear Algebra Appl. 341, No. 1--3, 259--272 (2002; Zbl 1015.47014); J. Approx. Theory 117, No. 2, 189--206 (2002; Zbl 1055.47016)] and it means that \(\mathcal{H}= \mathcal{S} + A(\mathcal{S})^{\perp}\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe main goal of the paper is to establish the relationship between compatibility and general weighted least squares problems that were first considered for finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces by \textit{S. K. Mitra} and \textit{C. R. Rao} [Linear Algebra Appl. 9, 155--167 (1974; Zbl 0296.15002)]. In particular, there was defined a so-called \(A\)-weighted least squares process, or \(A\)-weighted projection into \( \mathcal{S} \) with respect to a seminorm \(\|\bullet\|_{A} = \|A^{1/2}\bullet \|\), as such an operator \(T\in L(\mathcal{H})\) that \(T(\mathcal{H}) \subseteq \mathcal{S}\) and \(\|y-Ty\|_{A}\leq \|y-s\|_{A}\) for all \(y \in \mathcal{H}\) and all \(s \in \mathcal{S}\).











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