TOEPLITZ-HAUSDORFF SYSTEMS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The numerical range of an n n matrix T is the image of T under a certain set of linear functionals-a set that comprises the extreme points among the states (i.e., norm-one, positive linear functionals) on the n n matrices-and is convex, by the Toeplitz-Hausdorff theorem. One can view this convexity as a consequence of T's numerical range being equal to a manifestly convex set, the image of T under all states. Taking this view leads us to ask whether a similar result holds when we replace the n n matrices by a finite dimensional Banach space {A figure is presented}, the states by a closed, convex subset of {A figure is presented}*, and the extreme states by the extreme points of . When it does, we call the pair ({A figure is presented}, ) a Toeplitz-Hausdorff system. In this paper, we show that if {A figure is presented} is what we term a nullifying subspace of the nn matrices, and if is the closed unit ball in {A figure is presented}*, then ({A figure is presented}, ) is a Toeplitz-Hausdorff system. (Both the upper and lower triangular matrices form nullifying subspaces.). 1984.

published proceedings

  • LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS

author list (cited authors)

  • NARCOWICH, F. J., & WARD, J. D.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • NARCOWICH, FJ||WARD, JD

publication date

  • January 1984