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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $p, q$ self-adjoint projectors in $B(H)$,

i.e. $$p^2=p=p^* space text{ and } space q^2=q=q^*.$$ Suppose they have the same centralizers $C(p)=C(q)$.

Is it true that $p=pm q$?

Here $C(x)={yin B(H) : yx=xy}$.

Maybe I am asking a well known result but I couldn't find anything about this problem in the literature.










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    I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $p, q$ self-adjoint projectors in $B(H)$,

i.e. $$p^2=p=p^* space text{ and } space q^2=q=q^*.$$ Suppose they have the same centralizers $C(p)=C(q)$.

Is it true that $p=pm q$?

Here $C(x)={yin B(H) : yx=xy}$.

Maybe I am asking a well known result but I couldn't find anything about this problem in the literature.










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    I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
    – Adrián González-Pérez
    Nov 20 '18 at 12:45
















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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $p, q$ self-adjoint projectors in $B(H)$,

i.e. $$p^2=p=p^* space text{ and } space q^2=q=q^*.$$ Suppose they have the same centralizers $C(p)=C(q)$.

Is it true that $p=pm q$?

Here $C(x)={yin B(H) : yx=xy}$.

Maybe I am asking a well known result but I couldn't find anything about this problem in the literature.










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Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $p, q$ self-adjoint projectors in $B(H)$,

i.e. $$p^2=p=p^* space text{ and } space q^2=q=q^*.$$ Suppose they have the same centralizers $C(p)=C(q)$.

Is it true that $p=pm q$?

Here $C(x)={yin B(H) : yx=xy}$.

Maybe I am asking a well known result but I couldn't find anything about this problem in the literature.







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  • 2




    I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
    – Adrián González-Pérez
    Nov 20 '18 at 12:45
















  • 2




    I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
    – Adrián González-Pérez
    Nov 20 '18 at 12:45










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I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
– Adrián González-Pérez
Nov 20 '18 at 12:45






I think you want to say "Is it true that $p = 1 - q$ or $p = q$". Minus a projection is not a projection.
– Adrián González-Pérez
Nov 20 '18 at 12:45












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Look in Vaughan Jones notes, Exerise 2.1.13. $A$ and $A^ast$ preserve a subspace $K$, ie $A K subset K$ and $A^ast K subset K$ iff $[A,P_K] = 0$, where $P_K$ is the orthogonal projection onto $K$.






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    Look in Vaughan Jones notes, Exerise 2.1.13. $A$ and $A^ast$ preserve a subspace $K$, ie $A K subset K$ and $A^ast K subset K$ iff $[A,P_K] = 0$, where $P_K$ is the orthogonal projection onto $K$.






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      Look in Vaughan Jones notes, Exerise 2.1.13. $A$ and $A^ast$ preserve a subspace $K$, ie $A K subset K$ and $A^ast K subset K$ iff $[A,P_K] = 0$, where $P_K$ is the orthogonal projection onto $K$.






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        Look in Vaughan Jones notes, Exerise 2.1.13. $A$ and $A^ast$ preserve a subspace $K$, ie $A K subset K$ and $A^ast K subset K$ iff $[A,P_K] = 0$, where $P_K$ is the orthogonal projection onto $K$.






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        Look in Vaughan Jones notes, Exerise 2.1.13. $A$ and $A^ast$ preserve a subspace $K$, ie $A K subset K$ and $A^ast K subset K$ iff $[A,P_K] = 0$, where $P_K$ is the orthogonal projection onto $K$.







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