Theorem 37.2.2.label Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space and $U_{1}$ be the set of unitary operators on $H$ with $1$ not in their spectrum, then the Cayley transform $T \mapsto (T - i)(T + i)^{-1}$ is a strong-operator continuous bijection between $B(H)_{sa}$ and $U_{1}$.

Proof, [Theorem 19.3, Zhu93]. Let $T \in B(H)$ be self-adjoint. By Proposition 36.4.6, $\sigma_{B(H)}(T) \subset \real$. By the Spectral Mapping Theorem,

\[\sigma_{B(H)}[(T-i)(T+i)^{-1}] \subset \bracsn{(t - i)/(t + i)|t \in \real}\subset \partial B_{\complex}(0, 1) \setminus \bracsn{1}\]

Hence $(T - i)(T+i)^{-1}$ is a well-defined unitary element of $B(H)$ whose spectrum does not contain $1$.

Since the mapping $t \mapsto -i(t + 1)/(t - 1)$ is the inverse of $t \mapsto (t - i)/(t + i)$ on $\partial B_{\complex}(0, 1)$, the Spectral Mapping Theorem implies that $T \mapsto -i(T + I)(T - I)^{-1}$ is the inverse of the Cayley transform on $U_{1}$.

For any self-adjoint elements $S, T \in B(H)$,

\begin{align*}U(S) - U(T)&= (S + i)^{-1}(S - i) - (T - i)(T+i)^{-1}\\&= (S + i)^{-1}[(S - i)(T + i) - (S + i)(T - i)](T + i)^{-1}\\&= 2i(S + i)^{-1}(S - T)(T + i)^{-1}\end{align*}

so for any $x \in H$,

\[\normn{[U(S) - U(T)]x}_{H} \le 2\normn{(S + i)^{-1}}_{B(H)}\cdot \normn{(S - T)(T+i)^{-1}x}_{H}\]

By the continuous functional calculus, $\normn{(S+i)^{-1}}_{B(H)}\le 1$. Therefore the Cayley transform is strong-operator continuous.$\square$

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