Let H be a (separable) Hilbert space and {ek}k≥1 a
fixed orthonormal basis of H. Motivated by many papers on scaled
projections, angles of subspaces and oblique projections, we define and study
the notion of compatibility between a subspace and the abelian algebra of
diagonal operators in the given basis. This is used to refine previous work on
scaled projections, and to obtain a new characterization of Riesz frames.Comment: 23 pages, to appear in Linear Algebra and its Application