Canonical decomposition of operators associated with the symmetrized polydisc

A tuple of commuting operators $(S_1,\dots,S_{n-1},P)$ for which the closed symmetrized polydisc $\Gamma_n$ is a spectral set is called a $\Gamma_n$-contraction. We show that every $\Gamma_n$-contraction admits a decomposition into a $\Gamma_n$-unitary and a completely non-unitary $\Gamma_n$-contraction. This decomposition is an analogue to the canonical decomposition of a contraction into a unitary and a completely non-unitary contraction. We also find new characterizations for the set $\Gamma_n$ and $\Gamma_n$-contractions.Comment: Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, Published online on August 28, 2017. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1610.0093

Subvarieties of the tetrablock and von Neumann's inequality

We show an interplay between the complex geometry of the tetrablock $\mathbb E$ and the commuting triples of operators having $\overline{\mathbb E}$ as a spectral set. We prove that every distinguished variety in the tetrablock is one-dimensional and can be represented as \begin{equation}\label{eqn:1} \Omega=\{ (x_1,x_2,x_3)\in \mathbb E \,:\, (x_1,x_2) \in \sigma_T(A_1^*+x_3A_2\,,\, A_2^*+x_3A_1) \}, \end{equation} where $A_1,A_2$ are commuting square matrices of the same order satisfying $[A_1^*,A_1]=[A_2^*,A_2]$ and a norm condition. The converse also holds, i.e, a set of the form (\ref{eqn:1}) is always a distinguished variety in $\mathbb E$. We show that for a triple of commuting operators $\Upsilon = (T_1,T_2,T_3)$ having $\overline{\mathbb E}$ as a spectral set, there is a one-dimensional subvariety $\Omega_{\Upsilon}$ of $\overline{\mathbb E}$ depending on $\Upsilon$ such that von-Neumann's inequality holds, i.e, $$f(T_1,T_2,T_3)\leq \sup_{(x_1,x_2,x_3)\in\Omega_{\Upsilon}}\, |f(x_1,x_2,x_3)|,$$ for any holomorphic polynomial $f$ in three variables, provided that $T_3^n\rightarrow 0$ strongly as $n\rightarrow \infty$. The variety $\Omega_\Upsilon$ has been shown to have representation like (\ref{eqn:1}), where $A_1,A_2$ are the unique solutions of the operator equations \begin{gather*} T_1-T_2^*T_3=(I-T_3^*T_3)^{\frac{1}{2}}X_1(I-T_3^*T_3)^{\frac{1}{2}} \text{ and } \\ T_2-T_1^*T_3=(I-T_3^*T_3)^{\frac{1}{2}}X_2(I-T_3^*T_3)^{\frac{1}{2}}. \end{gather*} We also show that under certain condition, $\Omega_{\Upsilon}$ is a distinguished variety in $\mathbb E$. We produce an explicit dilation and a concrete functional model for such a triple $(T_1,T_2,T_3)$ in which the unique operators $A_1,A_2$ play the main role. Also, we describe a connection of this theory with the distinguished varieties in the bidisc and in the symmetrized bidisc.Comment: 28 pages, A new reference added, To appear in Indiana Univ. Math.

Canonical decomposition of a tetrablock contraction and operator model

A triple of commuting operators for which the closed tetrablock $\overline{\mathbb E}$ is a spectral set is called a tetrablock contraction or an $\mathbb E$-contraction. The set $\mathbb E$ is defined as $$\mathbb E = \{ (x_1,x_2,x_3)\in\mathbb C^3\,:\, 1-zx_1-wx_2+zwx_3\neq 0 \textup{ whenever } |z|\leq 1, |w|\leq 1 \}.$$ We show that every $\mathbb E$-contraction can be uniquely written as a direct sum of an $\mathbb E$-unitary and a completely non-unitary $\mathbb E$-contraction. It is analogous to the canonical decomposition of a contraction operator into a unitary and a completely non-unitary contraction. We produce a concrete operator model for such a triple satisfying some conditions.Comment: To appear in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Application