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Riesz spectral projection properties

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Choice). Let X be a nonzero complex Banach space, let T∈B(X), and let E⊆σ(T) be clopen in the spectrum, with Riesz projection P:=PE∈B(X) (Riesz spectral projection). Then:

  1. P2=P and PT=TP; consequently the range and the kernel of P are closed T-invariant subspaces and X=ran⁡(P)⊕ker⁡(P);
  2. if ran⁡(P)≠{0}, then the restriction T∣ran⁡(P) has spectrum E;
  3. if ker⁡(P)≠{0}, then the restriction T∣ker⁡(P) has spectrum σ(T)∖E;
  4. if one of these spectral parts is empty, the corresponding summand is the zero subspace and no spectrum is assigned to the zero operator on it under the normalized nonzero-algebra convention of Unital Banach algebra.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An assumed Axiom of Choice, a nonzero complex Banach space X, a bounded operator T∈B(X), a clopen subset E of the spectrum σ(T)=σB(X)(T), the locally constant germ χE, and P=χE(T).

[L1]

The calculus is linear, multiplicative and unital: (fg)(T)=f(T)g(T), 1(T)=1, id(T)=T, and for nowhere vanishing h, h(T)−1=(1/h)(T) (Holomorphic functional calculus homomorphism, Holomorphic functional calculus).

[L2]

χE2=χE and χE⋅id=id⋅χE as germs near σ(T) (Riesz spectral projection).

[L3]

For a bounded idempotent P on a normed space the range and kernel are closed and X=ran⁡(P)⊕ker⁡(P) (A closed subspace is complemented exactly when it is the range of a bounded projection).

[L4]

The spectrum σB(X)(T) consists exactly of those μ∈C for which T−μ1 is not invertible in B(X) (Spectrum and resolvent set in a Banach algebra, A bounded linear operator between normed spaces).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1L1L2

Idempotence and commutation: P2=χE(T)χE(T)=(χE⋅χE)(T)=χE(T)=P by [L1] and [L2]; PT=χE(T) id(T)=(χE⋅id)(T)=(id⋅χE)(T)=id(T)χE(T)=TP by [L1] and [L2].

2.1step 1.1L3

The splitting: by [step 1.1] the operator P is a bounded projection, so [L3] gives that ran⁡(P) and ker⁡(P) are closed with X=ran⁡(P)⊕ker⁡(P); since T commutes with P, both summands are T-invariant.

2.2step 1.1L1

Range spectrum, exclusion: assume ran⁡(P)≠{0}, as in claim 2, so its operator spectrum is defined. Let μ∉E. Choose the neighbourhoods U1⊇E, U0⊇σ(T)∖E of the definition so that μ∉U1 (possible since μ∉E and E is compact). Then the germ h:=χE/(id−μ) is holomorphic near σ(T): on U1 it is 1/(z−μ) with μ∉U1, and on U0 it is 0. By [L1], P=(T−μ)h(T)=h(T)(T−μ). The operator h(T) commutes with P, so it preserves ran⁡(P); on that nonzero summand its restriction is a two-sided inverse of T−μ. Hence μ∉σ(T∣ran⁡(P)).

2.3step 1.1L1

Kernel spectrum, exclusion: assume ker⁡(P)≠{0}, as in claim 3, so its operator spectrum is defined. Let μ∉σ(T)∖E, that is, μ∈E or μ∉σ(T). Choose U0,U1 with μ∉U0 when μ∈E, and define q:=(1−χE)/(id−μ) on the complement part. Then 1−P=(1−χE)(T), and the same computation with 1−χE in place of χE shows that T−μ has the restriction of q(T) as a two-sided inverse on ker⁡(P). Hence μ∉σ(T∣ker⁡(P)).

3.1step 2.1step 2.2L1L4

Range spectrum, inclusion: continue under ran⁡(P)≠{0}. Let μ∈E and suppose that T∣ran⁡(P)−μ were invertible on ran⁡(P), with inverse S. Put H:=1−χEid−μ(T), a bounded operator because the germ is holomorphic near σ(T) (its numerator vanishes on U1⊇E and μ∉σ(T)∖E), and put V:=H+S P on X=ran⁡(P)⊕ker⁡(P). Then (T−μ)V=(1−P)+P=1 and V(T−μ)=1 by the same multiplicativity computation, so T−μ would be invertible on X, contradicting μ∈E⊆σ(T). Hence μ∈σ(T∣ran⁡(P)).

3.2step 2.1step 2.3L1L4

Kernel spectrum, inclusion: continue under ker⁡(P)≠{0}. Symmetrically, if μ∈σ(T)∖E and T∣ker⁡(P)−μ were invertible with inverse S, then the germ χEid−μ, read as 1z−μ on a neighbourhood of E avoiding μ and as 0 on a neighbourhood of σ(T)∖E, is holomorphic near σ(T). The operator V:=(χEid−μ)(T)+S(1−P) would be a two-sided inverse of T−μ on X, contradicting μ∈σ(T). Hence μ∈σ(T∣ker⁡(P)).

4.1step 1.1step 2.1step 2.2step 3.1step 3.2∎

Claims 2 and 3 follow from [step 2.2], [step 3.1] and [step 2.3], [step 3.2] respectively; claim 1 was proved in [step 1.1] and [step 2.1]; claim 4 is the convention recorded in the statement, applied to an empty spectral part, and no spectrum is claimed for the zero operator.

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