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Operator equalities and Characterizations of Orthogonality in Pre-Hilbert C*-Modules

Part of: General theory of linear operators Selfadjoint operator algebras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Rasoul Eskandari ,
M. S. Moslehian  and
Dan Popovici
Rasoul Eskandari
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran (eskandarirasoul@yahoo.com) Department of Pure Mathematics, Center of Excellence in Analysis on Algebraic Structures (CEAAS), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P. O. Box 1159, Mashhad91775, Iran (moslehian@um.ac.ir)
M. S. Moslehian
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, Center of Excellence in Analysis on Algebraic Structures (CEAAS), Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P. O. Box 1159, Mashhad91775, Iran (moslehian@um.ac.ir)
Dan Popovici
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, West University of Timisoara, RO-300223Timisoara, Vasile Parvan Blvd no. 4, Romania (dan.popovici@e-uvt.ro)
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Abstract

In the first part of the paper, we use states on $C^{*}$-algebras in order to establish some equivalent statements to equality in the triangle inequality, as well as to the parallelogram identity for elements of a pre-Hilbert $C^{*}$-module. We also characterize the equality case in the triangle inequality for adjointable operators on a Hilbert $C^{*}$-module. Then we give certain necessary and sufficient conditions to the Pythagoras identity for two vectors in a pre-Hilbert $C^{*}$-module under the assumption that their inner product has a negative real part. We introduce the concept of Pythagoras orthogonality and discuss its properties. We describe this notion for Hilbert space operators in terms of the parallelogram law and some limit conditions. We present several examples in order to illustrate the relationship between the Birkhoff–James, Roberts, and Pythagoras orthogonalities, and the usual orthogonality in the framework of Hilbert $C^{*}$-modules.

Keywords

Hilbert C*-modulenorm equalityPythagoras orthogonalityPythagoras identity

MSC classification

Primary: 46L08: $C^*$-modules 46L05: General theory of $C^*$-algebras
Secondary: 47A62: Equations involving linear operators, with operator unknowns
Type
Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 64 , Issue 3 , August 2021 , pp. 594 - 614
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on Behalf of The Edinburgh Mathematical Society

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