• Source: Operator ideal
    • In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, an operator ideal is a special kind of class of continuous linear operators between Banach spaces. If an operator



      T


      {\displaystyle T}

      belongs to an operator ideal





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      , then for any operators



      A


      {\displaystyle A}

      and



      B


      {\displaystyle B}

      which can be composed with



      T


      {\displaystyle T}

      as



      B
      T
      A


      {\displaystyle BTA}

      , then



      B
      T
      A


      {\displaystyle BTA}

      is class





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      as well. Additionally, in order for





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      to be an operator ideal, it must contain the class of all finite-rank Banach space operators.


      Formal definition


      Let





      L




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}

      denote the class of continuous linear operators acting between arbitrary Banach spaces. For any subclass





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      of





      L




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}

      and any two Banach spaces



      X


      {\displaystyle X}

      and



      Y


      {\displaystyle Y}

      over the same field




      K


      {

      R

      ,

      C

      }


      {\displaystyle \mathbb {K} \in \{\mathbb {R} ,\mathbb {C} \}}

      , denote by





      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      the set of continuous linear operators of the form



      T
      :
      X

      Y


      {\displaystyle T:X\to Y}

      such that



      T



      J




      {\displaystyle T\in {\mathcal {J}}}

      . In this case, we say that





      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      is a component of





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      . An operator ideal is a subclass





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      of





      L




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}}

      , containing every identity operator acting on a 1-dimensional Banach space, such that for any two Banach spaces



      X


      {\displaystyle X}

      and



      Y


      {\displaystyle Y}

      over the same field




      K



      {\displaystyle \mathbb {K} }

      , the following two conditions for





      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      are satisfied:

      (1) If



      S
      ,
      T



      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle S,T\in {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      then



      S
      +
      T



      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle S+T\in {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      ; and
      (2) if



      W


      {\displaystyle W}

      and



      Z


      {\displaystyle Z}

      are Banach spaces over




      K



      {\displaystyle \mathbb {K} }

      with



      A



      L


      (
      W
      ,
      X
      )


      {\displaystyle A\in {\mathcal {L}}(W,X)}

      and



      B



      L


      (
      Y
      ,
      Z
      )


      {\displaystyle B\in {\mathcal {L}}(Y,Z)}

      , and if



      T



      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle T\in {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      , then



      B
      T
      A



      J


      (
      W
      ,
      Z
      )


      {\displaystyle BTA\in {\mathcal {J}}(W,Z)}

      .


      Properties and examples


      Operator ideals enjoy the following nice properties.

      Every component





      J


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}(X,Y)}

      of an operator ideal forms a linear subspace of





      L


      (
      X
      ,
      Y
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}(X,Y)}

      , although in general this need not be norm-closed.
      Every operator ideal contains all finite-rank operators. In particular, the finite-rank operators form the smallest operator ideal.
      For each operator ideal





      J




      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}}

      , every component of the form





      J


      (
      X
      )
      :=


      J


      (
      X
      ,
      X
      )


      {\displaystyle {\mathcal {J}}(X):={\mathcal {J}}(X,X)}

      forms an ideal in the algebraic sense.
      Furthermore, some very well-known classes are norm-closed operator ideals, i.e., operator ideals whose components are always norm-closed. These include but are not limited to the following.

      Compact operators
      Weakly compact operators
      Finitely strictly singular operators
      Strictly singular operators
      Completely continuous operators


      References


      Pietsch, Albrecht: Operator Ideals, Volume 16 of Mathematische Monographien, Deutscher Verlag d. Wiss., VEB, 1978.

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