arXiv · 2307.06697
A Toeplitz-like operator with rational matrix symbol having poles on the unit circle: Fredholm characteristics
Abstract
In a recent paper (Groenewald et al.\ {\em Complex Anal.\ Oper.\ Theory} \textbf{15:1} (2021)) we considered an unbounded Toeplitz-like operator $T_Ω$ generated by a rational matrix function $Ω$ that has poles on the unit circle $\mathbb{T}$ of the complex plane. A Wiener-Hopf type factorization was proved and this factorization was used to determine some Fredholm properties of the operator $T_Ω$, including the Fredholm index. Due to the lower triangular structure (rather than diagonal) of the middle term in the Wiener-Hopf type factorization and the lack of uniqueness, it is not straightforward to determine the dimension of the kernel of $T_Ω$ from this factorization, and hence of the co-kernel, even when $T_Ω$ is Fredholm. In the current paper we provide a formula for the dimension of the kernel of $T_Ω$ under an additional assumption on the Wiener-Hopf type factorization. In the case that $Ω$ is a $2 \times 2$ matrix function, a characterization of the kernel of the middle factor of the Wiener-Hopf type factorization is given and in many cases a formula for the dimension of the kernel is obtained. The characterization of the kernel of the middle factor for the $2 \times 2$ case is partially extended to the case of matrix functions of arbitrary size.
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G. J. Groenewald, S. ter Horst, J. J. Jaftha, A. C. M. Ran. 2023-07-13. A Toeplitz-like operator with rational matrix symbol having poles on the unit circle: Fredholm characteristics. https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.06697
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