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A Hilbert algebra of Hilbert-Schmidt quadratic operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.C. Amson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, The Mathematical Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews Fife Ky16 9SS, Scotland, United Kingdom
N. Gopal Reddy
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Osmania University, H No 9–29 Ravindar Nagar Colony, Habisguda, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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A quadratic operator Q of Hilbert-Schmidt class on a real separable Hilbert space H is shown to be uniquely representable as a sequence of self-adjoint linear operators of Hilbert-Schmidt class on H, such that Q(x) = Σk〈Lkx, x〉uk with respect to a Hilbert basis . It is shown that with the norm | ‖Q‖ | = (ΣkLk2)½ and inner-product 〈〈〈Q, P〉〉〉 = Σk 〈〈Lk, Mk〉〉, together with a multiplication defined componentwise through the composition of the linear components, the vector space of all Hilbert-Schmidt quadratic operators Q on H becomes a linear H*-algebra containing an ideal of nuclear (trace class) quadratic operators. In the finite dimensional case, each Q is also shown to have another representation as a block-diagonal matrix of Hilbert-Schmidt class which simplifies the practical computation and manipulation of quadratic operators.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1990

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