Abstract. In this paper we explore finite rank perturbations of unilateral weighted shifts Wα. First, we prove that the subnormality of Wα is never stable under nonzero finite rank pertrubations unless the perturbation occurs at the zeroth weight. Second, we establish that 2-hyponormality implies positive quadratic hyponormality, in the sense that the Maclaurin coefficients ofDn(s) := detPn [(W...

The convolution in R with |x|−n is a very singular operator. Endowed with a proper normalization, and regarded as a limit of Riesz potentials, it is equal to Dirac’s distribution δ. However, a different normalization turns the non-linear operator: Ef = exp( −2 |Sn−1| |x|−n ∗ f), into a remarkable transformation. Its long history (in one dimension) and some of its recent applications in higher d...

In this paper we show that p-hyponormal operators with 0 / ∈ σ(|T | 1 2 r ) are subscalar. As a corollary, we get that such operators with rich spectra have non-trivial invariant subspaces.

“Weyl’s theorem” for an operator on a Hilbert space is a statement that the complement in the spectrum of the “Weyl spectrum” coincides with the isolated eigenvalues of finite multiplicity. In this paper we consider how Weyl’s theorem survives for polynomials of operators and under quasinilpotent or compact perturbations. First, we show that if T is reduced by each of its finite-dimensional eig...

We study the class of hyponormal 2-variable weighted shifts with two consecutive equal weights in the weight sequence of one of the coordinate operators. We show that under natural assumptions on the coordinate operators, the presence of consecutive equal weights leads to horizontal or vertical flatness, in a way that resembles the situation for 1-variable weighted shifts. In 1variable, it is w...