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Spectral theorem for bounded normal operators pvm form

Statement

Assume AC. Let T be a bounded normal operator on a nonzero complex Hilbert space H, with operator spectrum σ(T) (Spectrum and resolvent of a bounded operator). Then:

  1. there is a unique regular projection valued measure E on the Borel σ-algebra of the nonempty compact set σ(T)⊆C such that ∫z dE(z)=T and, equivalently, ΦE(f)=f(T)for every continuous f:σ(T)→C, where f(T) is the continuous functional calculus of Continuous functional calculus for bounded normal operators and ΦE is the bounded Borel integral of the projection valued measure E; this E is the spectral projection valued measure of T;
  2. conversely, if Λ⊆C is nonempty and compact and E is a regular projection valued measure on the Borel σ-algebra of Λ, then TE:=∫z dE(z)=ΦE(z) is a bounded normal operator with σ(TE)⊆Λ and ∥TE∥≤max⁡z∈Λ∣z∣.

Facts & Assumptions

[A1]

For normal T the map π(f):=f(T) is the unique isometric unital star-isomorphism C(σ(T))→C∗(I,T) with π(z)=T; it is complex-linear, multiplicative, unital and star-preserving, and its range consists of the continuous-calculus operators (Continuous functional calculus for bounded normal operators, Continuous functional calculus properties, C star algebra generated by a normal operator).

[A2]

σ(T) is a nonempty compact subset of C: the operator spectrum coincides with the spectrum of T in the unital C*-algebra C∗(I,T) by spectral permanence and the bounded inverse theorem, and the spectrum of an element of a nonzero unital complex Banach algebra is nonempty and compact (Spectral permanence for unital c star subalgebras, Bounded inverse theorem, Spectrum is nonempty compact and norm bounded, Spectrum and resolvent of a bounded operator).

[A3]

For a nonempty compact Hausdorff K and a unital star-homomorphism π:C(K;C)→B(H) there is a unique regular PVM E on the Borel σ-algebra of K with ΦE(f)=π(f) for every continuous f, and for bounded Borel h the operator ΦE(h) satisfies ∥ΦE(h)∥≤∥h∥∞ (Continuous functional calculus produces a regular PVM, Bounded borel pvm integral).

[A4]

For every PVM the map ΦE is linear, unital, multiplicative and star-preserving on bounded Borel functions; consequently TE:=ΦE(z) is normal because TETE∗=ΦE(∣z∣2)=TE∗TE (Pvm integral is a star homomorphism).

[A5]

For an orthogonal projection value E(Λ)=I and a continuous bounded g on Λ the operators ΦE(g) are bounded by ∥g∥∞, and for ∣λ−z∣>0 on Λ the function z↦(λ−z)−1 is continuous (Bounded borel pvm integral, Projection valued measure).

[A6]

The ∗-polynomials in z,z‾ are uniformly dense in C(Λ;C) for compact Λ⊆C, and the image of a compact set under a continuous map is compact (Complex Stone–Weierstrass dichotomy for separating self-adjoint algebras; the unital case is dense, The image of a compact metric space under a continuous map is compact, and so is the image of any compact subset).

[A7]

A bounded operator with a two-sided bounded inverse at λ has λ∉σ(T); normality is T∗T=TT∗ (Spectrum and resolvent of a bounded operator, Self-adjoint, positive, unitary and normal operators, Hilbert space).

[A8]

AC is the declared choice hypothesis of this page from the construction item onward (The Axiom of Choice).

Proof

technique · direct

Given: A nonzero complex Hilbert space H and a bounded normal operator T∈B(H); for the converse a nonempty compact Λ⊆C and a regular PVM E on its Borel σ-algebra.

1.1A1A2A3

Existence: σ(T) is a nonempty compact subset of C and π(f):=f(T) is a unital star-homomorphism C(σ(T);C)→B(H); applying the construction lemma to K=σ(T) gives a regular PVM E on the Borel σ-algebra of σ(T) with ΦE(f)=π(f)=f(T) for every continuous f; taking f to be the coordinate function z gives ∫z dE=π(z)=T.

1.2A4A5

Converse, boundedness and normality: for a regular PVM E on a nonempty compact Λ the coordinate function is bounded by max⁡z∈Λ∣z∣ and measurable, so TE=ΦE(z) is a bounded operator with ∥TE∥≤max⁡z∈Λ∣z∣, its adjoint is TE∗=ΦE(z‾) by conjugation preservation, and TETE∗=ΦE(zz‾)=ΦE(z‾z)=TE∗TE by multiplicativity, so TE is normal.

2.1step 1.2A4A5A7

Converse, spectrum: if λ∈C∖Λ then Λ is closed and g(z):=(λ−z)−1 is continuous on Λ with (λ−z)g(z)=1; hence (λI−TE)ΦE(g)=ΦE(λ1−z)ΦE(g)=ΦE((λ−z)g)=ΦE(1)=I and likewise ΦE(g)(λI−TE)=I, so λI−TE has a two-sided bounded inverse and λ∉σ(TE); therefore σ(TE)⊆Λ.

2.2step 1.1A1A3A6

Uniqueness for the direct statement: if E′ is a regular PVM on the Borel σ-algebra of σ(T) with ∫z dE′=T, then for every ∗-polynomial p(z,z‾) one has ΦE′(p)=p(TE′,TE′∗)=p(T,T∗)=p(T)=ΦE(p), using multiplicativity and conjugation preservation of ΦE′ together with TE′=T and the identification of T∗ with the calculus value of z‾; since ∗-polynomials are uniformly dense in C(σ(T)) and both ΦE′ and ΦE are bounded linear maps agreeing there, they agree on every continuous function, so E′=E by the uniqueness clause of the construction lemma.

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The spectral PVM E of T therefore exists, is unique among regular PVMs on σ(T) whose coordinate integral is T, and satisfies ΦE(f)=f(T) for all continuous f; conversely every coordinate integral of a regular PVM on a compact set is a bounded normal operator with spectrum inside that set.

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