Let $T$ be a bounded disjointness preserving linear operator from $C_0(X)$ into $C_0(Y)$, where $X$ and $Y$ are locally compact Hausdorff spaces. We give several equivalent conditions for $T$ to be compact; they are: $T$ is weakly compact; $T$ is completely continuous; $T= sum_n delta_{x_n} otimes h_n$ for a sequence of distinct points ${x_n}_n$ in $X$ and a norm null mutually
disjoint sequence ${h_n}_n$ in $C_0(Y)$. The structure of a
graph with countably many vertices associated to such a compact operator $T$ gives rise to a new complete description of the spectrum of $T$. In particular, we show that a nonzero complex number $la$ is an eigenvalue of $T$ if and only if $lambda^k= h_1(x_k) h_2(x_1) cdots h_k(x_{k-1})$ for some positive integer $k$.
We also give a decomposition of compact disjointness preserving operators $T$ from $C_0(X,E)$ into $C_0(Y,F)$, where $X$ and $Y$ are locally compact Hausdorff spaces, $E$ and $F$ are Banach spaces. That is, $T= sum_n de_{x_n} otimes h_n$ for a sequence of distinct points ${x_n}_n$ in $X$ and a norm null mutually disjoint sequence ${h_n}_n$, where $h_n: Y o B(E,F)$ is continuous and vanishes at infinity in the uniform operator topology and $h_n(y)$ is compact for each $y$ in $Y$. For completely continuous disjointness preserving linear operators, we get a similar decomposition. More precisely, completely continuous
disjointness preserving operators $T$ have a countable sum
decomposition of completely continuous atoms $de_{x_n} otimes h_n$, where $h_n: Y o B(E,F)$ is continuous, vanishes at infinity in the strong operator topology and $h_n$ is uniformly completely continuous. In case of weakly compact disjointness preserving linear operators, $T$ have a countable sum decomposition of weakly compact atoms whenever the Banach space $E$ is separable. A counterexample is given whenever $E$ in nonseparable.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0127105-231944 |
| Date | 27 January 2005 |
| Creators | Lin, Ying-Fen |
| Contributors | Sen-Yen Shaw, Ngai-Ching Wong, Chin-Cheng Lin, Mau-Hsiang Shih, Jen-Chih Yao, Mark Ho, Pei Yuan Wu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0127105-231944 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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