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# A Geometric Characterization of Nonnegative Bands

Published:2004-06-01
Printed: Jun 2004
• Alka Marwaha
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## Abstract

A band is a semigroup of idempotent operators. A nonnegative band $\cls$ in $\clb(\cll^2 (\clx))$ having at least one element of finite rank and with rank $(S) > 1$ for all $S$ in $\cls$ is known to have a special kind of common invariant subspace which is termed a standard subspace (defined below). Such bands are called decomposable. Decomposability has helped to understand the structure of nonnegative bands with constant finite rank. In this paper, a geometric characterization of maximal, rank-one, indecomposable nonnegative bands is obtained which facilitates the understanding of their geometric structure.
 MSC Classifications: 47D03 - Groups and semigroups of linear operators {For nonlinear operators, see 47H20; see also 20M20} 47A15 - Invariant subspaces [See also 47A46]