Brown measure and iterates of the Aluthge transform for some operators arising from measurable actions

dc.creatorDykema, Ken
dc.creatorSchultz, Hanne
dc.date2005-12-09
dc.date2008-02-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:18:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:18:39Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the Aluthge transform $|T|^{1/2}U|T|^{1/2}$ of a Hilbert space operator $T$, where $T=U|T|$ is the polar decomposition of $T$. We prove that the map that sends $T$ to its Aluthge transform is continuous with respect to the norm topology and with respect to the $*$--SOT topology on bounded sets. We consider the special case in a tracial von Neumann algebra when $U$ implements an automorphism of the von Neumann algebra generated by the positive part $|T|$ of $T$, and we prove that the iterated Aluthge transform converges to a normal operator whose Brown measure agrees with that of $T$ (and we compute this Brown measure). This proof relies on a theorem that is an analogue of von Neumann's mean ergodic theorem, but for sums weighted by binomial coefficients.
dc.description11 pages. The revision (of Feb. 2008) involves a change of title and a change of emphasis
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512197
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0512197
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/154103
dc.subjectOperator Algebras
dc.subject47A05
dc.titleBrown measure and iterates of the Aluthge transform for some operators arising from measurable actions
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