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The first part of the thesis studies invariant subspaces of strictly singular operators. By a celebrated result of Aronszajn and Smith, every compact operator has an invariant subspace. There are two classes of operators which are close to compact operators: strictly singular and finitely strictly singular operators. Pelczynski asked whether every strictly singular operator has an invariant subspace. This question was answered by Read in the negative. We answer the same question for finitely strictly singular operators, also in the negative. We also study Schreier singular operators. We show that this subclass of strictly singular operators is closed under multiplication by bounded operators. In addition, we find some sufficient conditions for a product of Schreier singular operators to be compact. The second part studies almost invariant subspaces. A subspace Y of a Banach space is almost invariant under an operator T if TY is a subspace of Y+F for some finite-dimensional subspace F ("error"). Almost invariant subspaces of weighted shift operators are investigated. We also study almost invariant subspaces of algebras of operators. We establish that if an algebra is norm closed then the dimensions of "errors" for the operators in the algebra are uniformly bounded. We obtain that under certain conditions, if an algebra of operators has an almost invariant subspace then it also has an invariant subspace. Also, we study the question of whether an algebra and its closure have the same almost invariant subspaces. The last two parts study collections of positive operators (including positive matrices) and their invariant subspaces. A version of Lomonosov theorem about dual algebras is obtained for collections of positive operators. Properties of indecomposable (i.e., having no common invariant order ideals) semigroups of nonnegative matrices are studied. It is shown that the "smallness" (in various senses) of some entries of matrices in an indecomposable semigroup of positive matrices implies the "smallness" of the entire semigroup. / Mathematics

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An n-tuple of operators V=(V_1,…,V_n) acting on a Hilbert space H is said to be isometric if the corresponding row operator is an isometry. A free semigroup algebra is the weakly closed algebra generated by an isometric n-tuple V. The structure of a free semigroup algebra contains a great deal of information about V. Thus it is natural to study this algebra in order to study V. A free semigroup algebra is said to be analytic if it is isomorphic to the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra, which is a higher-dimensional generalization of the classical algebra of bounded analytic functions on the complex unit disk. This notion of analyticity is of central importance in the general theory of free semigroup algebras. A vector x in H is said to be wandering for an isometric n-tuple V if the set of words in the entries of V map x to an orthonormal set. As in the classical case, the analytic structure of the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra is determined by the existence of wandering vectors for the generators of the algebra. In the first part of this thesis, we prove the following dichotomy: either an isometric n-tuple V has a wandering vector, or the free semigroup algebra it generates is a von Neumann algebra. This implies the existence of wandering vectors for every analytic free semigroup algebra. As a consequence, it follows that every free semigroup algebra is reflexive, in the sense that it is completely determined by its invariant subspace lattice. In the second part of this thesis we prove a decomposition for an isometric tuple of operators which generalizes the classical Lebesgue-von Neumann-Wold decomposition of an isometry into the direct sum of a unilateral shift, an absolutely continuous unitary and a singular unitary. The key result is an operator-algebraic characterization of an absolutely continuous isometric tuple in terms of analyticity. We show that, as in the classical case, this decomposition determines the weakly closed algebra and the von Neumann algebra generated by the tuple.

An n-tuple of operators V=(V_1,…,V_n) acting on a Hilbert space H is said to be isometric if the corresponding row operator is an isometry. A free semigroup algebra is the weakly closed algebra generated by an isometric n-tuple V. The structure of a free semigroup algebra contains a great deal of information about V. Thus it is natural to study this algebra in order to study V. A free semigroup algebra is said to be analytic if it is isomorphic to the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra, which is a higher-dimensional generalization of the classical algebra of bounded analytic functions on the complex unit disk. This notion of analyticity is of central importance in the general theory of free semigroup algebras. A vector x in H is said to be wandering for an isometric n-tuple V if the set of words in the entries of V map x to an orthonormal set. As in the classical case, the analytic structure of the noncommutative analytic Toeplitz algebra is determined by the existence of wandering vectors for the generators of the algebra. In the first part of this thesis, we prove the following dichotomy: either an isometric n-tuple V has a wandering vector, or the free semigroup algebra it generates is a von Neumann algebra. This implies the existence of wandering vectors for every analytic free semigroup algebra. As a consequence, it follows that every free semigroup algebra is reflexive, in the sense that it is completely determined by its invariant subspace lattice. In the second part of this thesis we prove a decomposition for an isometric tuple of operators which generalizes the classical Lebesgue-von Neumann-Wold decomposition of an isometry into the direct sum of a unilateral shift, an absolutely continuous unitary and a singular unitary. The key result is an operator-algebraic characterization of an absolutely continuous isometric tuple in terms of analyticity. We show that, as in the classical case, this decomposition determines the weakly closed algebra and the von Neumann algebra generated by the tuple.

[pt] Este trabalho aborda o problema da estabilidade de sistemas lineares, invariantes no tempo, a tempo discreto, com o espaço de estado sendo um espaço de Hilbert complexo e separável de dimensão infinita. São investigadas condições necessárias e/ou suficientes para quatro conceitos diferentes de estabilidade: estabilidade assintótica uniforme e estabilidade assintótica forte, estabilidade assintótica fraca e estabilidade limitada. Identifica-se e analisa-se as conexões entre os problemas de estabilidade e dois problemas em aberto da teoria de operadores em espaços de Hilbert: o problema do subespaço invariante e o problemas da similaridade e contração. Diversos resultados, oriundos de tentativas de solução para os dois problemas acima, ou motivados por aquelas tentativas, são utilizadas para fornecer caracterizações adicionais (principalmente caracterizações espectrais) para os quatro conceitos de estabilidade em questão. / [en] This work deals with the stability problem for time- invariant discrete linear systems evolving in a separable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Necessary and/or sufficient conditions for uniform, strong and weak asymptotic stability, as well as to bounded stability problems to two open problems in operator theory, namely, the invariant subspace and the similarity to contractions, are identified and analysed in detail. Several results from the many attempts, of solving the above mentioned open problems, or motivated by those attempts, are used to supply additional characterizations (mainly spectral characterization) for the four stabilty concepts under consideration.

A perturbation analysis shows that if a numerically stable procedure is used to compute the matrix sign function, then it is competitive with conventional methods for computing invariant subspaces. Stability analysis of the Newton iteration improves an earlier result of Byers and confirms that ill-conditioned iterates may cause numerical instability. Numerical examples demonstrate the theoretical results.

[pt] O Problema do Subespaço Invariante é a questão em aberto mais importante em Teoria de Operadores. Apesar de existirem diversos resultados parciais, a questão continua em aberto para classes de operadores definidas em espaços de Hilbert complexos separáveis de dimensão infinita. No caso de uma resposta positiva, este pode ser o início de uma teoria geral para a estrutura de operadores em espaços de Hilbert. Se apresentado um contra-exemplo, então o mesmo pode dar origem a diversos teoremas de aproximação. Este trabalho tem como objetivo realizar um levantamento dos principais resultados relativos a essa questão, e apresentar um exemplo de como poderia ser o espectro de um operador hiponormal (em um espaço de Hilbert complexo separável de dimensão infinita) que não tivesse subespaço invariante não trivial (caso tal operador exista). / [en] The Invariant Subspace Problem is the most important open question in Operator Theory. Although, there are many partial results, the question remains open for operators on complex, infinite-dimensional, separable Hilbert spaces. To prove that every operator has a non-trivial invariant subspace might be the beginning of a general structure theory for Hilbert space operators. On the other hand, a counterexample would may yield a number of approximation theorems. In this work we present a survey the Invariant Subspace Problem, and in addition we show also how it might be the spectrum of a hyponormal operator (on a complex separable infinitedimensional Hilbert space) which had no nontrivial invariant subspace.