diff --git a/src/op/example/bounded.tex b/src/op/example/bounded.tex index 9a840b0..115bf9e 100644 --- a/src/op/example/bounded.tex +++ b/src/op/example/bounded.tex @@ -3,9 +3,60 @@ \begin{definition}[$B(H)$] \label{definition:hilbert-endomorphism} - Let $H$ be a Hilbert space, then $B(H) = L(H; H)$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators on $H$. + Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space, then $B(H) = L(H; H)$ is the algebra of all bounded linear operators on $H$. \end{definition} % 1. Every non-trivial ideal of B(H) contains the finite-rank operators. % 2. If H is separable, then the only non-trivial closed idela of B(H) are the compact operators. + + +\begin{definition}[Partial Isometry] +\label{definition:partial-isometry} + Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space and $T \in B(H)$, then $T$ is a \textbf{partial isometry} if $T|_{\ker(T)^\perp}$ is an isometry. In which case, $\ker(T)^\perp$ is the \textbf{initial space} of $T$, and $T(H)$ is the \textbf{final space} of $T$. +\end{definition} + +\begin{proposition} +\label{proposition:partial-isometry-characterisation} + Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space and $T \in B(H)$, then $T$ is a partial isometry if and only if $T^*T$ is a projection. +\end{proposition} +\begin{proof} + ($\Rightarrow$): Suppose that $T$ is a partial isometry. Let $x \in \ker(T)^\perp$, then $\dpn{Tx, Tx}{H} = \norm{x}_H^2$ and $\dpn{T^*Tx, x}{H} = \norm{x}_H^2$. By \hyperref[polarisation]{proposition:polarisation-complex}, for each $x, y \in \ker(T)^\perp$, + \begin{align*} + \dpn{T^*Tx, y}{H} &= \frac{1}{4}\sum_{k = 0}^3 i^k \dpn{T^*T(x + i^ky), x + i^ky}{H} \\ + &= \frac{1}{4}\sum_{k = 0}^3 i^k \dpn{x + i^ky, x + i^ky}{H} = \dpn{x, y}{H} + \end{align*} + + Therefore $T^*T$ is idempotent. As $T^*T$ is self-adjoint, it is a projection. + + ($\Leftarrow$): Suppose that $T^*T$ is a projection, then for each $x \in \ker(T)^\perp$, $\dpn{Tx, Tx}{H} = \dpn{T^*Tx, x}{H} = \norm{x}_H^2$. +\end{proof} + +\begin{theorem}[Polar Decomposition] +\label{theorem:hilbert-polar-decomposition} + Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space and $T \in B(H)$, then there exists a unique pair $(P, V) \in B(H)^2$ such that: + \begin{enumerate} + \item $P$ is positive. + \item $V$ is a partial isometry. + \item $T = VP$. + \item $\ker P = \ker V$. + \end{enumerate} + + The pair $(P, V)$ is the \textbf{polar decomposition} of $T$. +\end{theorem} +\begin{proof}[Proof, {{\cite[Theorem 12.8]{Zhu}}}. ] + Let $P = |T| = \sqrt{T^*T}$, then $P$ is positive (1). For each $x \in H$, + \[ + \norm{Px}_H^2 = \dpn{Px, Px}{H} = \dpn{P^*Px, x}{H} = \dpn{T^*Tx, x}{H} = \norm{Tx}_H^2 + \] + + Let $V_0: P(H) \to H$ be defined by $V(Px) = Tx$, then $V_0$ extends to a well-defined isometry $\ol{P(H)} \to H$. Further extend $V_0$ to $V$ by setting its value to $0$ on $P(H)^\perp$, then $V$ is a partial isometry (2). Moreover, for any $x \in H$, $Tx = V_0Px = VPx$ (3). + + Finally, since the initial space of $V$ is $\ol{P(H)}$, $\ker(V) = P(H)^\perp = \ker(P)$ (4). + + It remains to show uniqueness. Let $T = WQ$ be a polar decomposition of $T$ satisfying (1)-(4). By \autoref{proposition:partial-isometry-characterisation}, $W^*W$ is a projection onto $\ker(W)^\perp = \ker(Q)^\perp = \ol{Q(H)}$. Thus $P^2 = T^*T = QW^*WQ = Q^2$, and $P = Q$ by uniqueness of the positive square root. + + Now, since $VP = WP$ and $\ker(V) = \ker(W) = P(H)^\perp$, $V = W$ on $H$, and the polar decomposition is unique. +\end{proof} + +