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It a classical open problem in Operator Theory whether every bounded linear operator T on a Hilbert space H has a non-trivial invariant subspace (that is, a subspace Y of H such that TY is contained in Y; nontrivial means not {0} and not H). This is called the Invariant Subspace Problem; it is almost 100 years old.
In this talk we will show that any bounded operator on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space admits a rank one perturbation which has an invariant subspace of infinite dimension and co-dimension. Moreover, the norm of the perturbation can be chosen as small as needed.
This is a joint work with Adi Tcaciuc.
Other Information:
Location: C630 University Hall
Web page: http://www.cs.uleth.ca/~nathanng/ntcoseminar/
Contact:
Barb Hodgson | hodgsonb@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2470 | uleth.ca/artsci/math-computer-science
