Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
In [6] B. Sz.-Nagy has proved that every operator on a Hilbert space such that
1
is similar to a unitary operator.
The following problem is an extension of this result: If T and S are two operators such that
1. sup {‖Tn‖, ‖Sn‖}<∞ (n = 0, ±1, ±2,…)
2. TS = ST
then there exists a selfadjoint operator Q such that QTQ-1, QSQ-1 are unitary operators?
Also, in [7] B. Sz.-Nagy has proved that every compact operator T such that
sup ‖Tn‖<∞ (n = 1, 2, 3,…)
is similar to a contraction.