The Spectral Scale and the k-Numerical Range

Details The Spectral Scale and the k-Numerical Range The Spectral Scale and the k-Numerical Range

2001-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/math/0107002v1

Mathematics

Rings and Algebras

34 pages

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Suppose that c is a linear operator acting on an n-dimensional complex Hilbert Space H, and let tau denote the normalized trace on B(H). Set b_1 = (c+c*)/2 and b_2 = (c-c*)/2i, and write B for the the spectral scale of {b_1, b_2} with respect to tau. We show that B contains full information about (W_k)(c), the k-numerical range of c for each k =1,...,n. We then use our previous work on spectral scales to prove several new facts about (W_k)(c). For example, we show in Theorem 3.4 that the point lambda is a singular point on the boundary of (W_k)(c) if and only if lambda is an isolated extreme point of (W_k)(c). In this case lambda = (n/k)tau(cz), where z is a central projection in in the algebra generated by b_1, b_2 and the identity. We show in Theorem 3.5, that c is normal if and only if (W_k)(c) is a polygon for each k. Finally, it is shown in Theorem 5.4 that the boundary of (W_k)(c) is the finite union of line segments and curved real analytic arcs.

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