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Lomonosov: operators commuting with a compact operator

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InvariantSubspaceProblem.lomonosov

by Lucas · Oct 11, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

functional-analysisoperator-theory

Theorem (Lomonosov 1973). Let EEE be an infinite-dimensional complex Banach space and let T ⁣:E→ET\colon E\to ET:E→E be a bounded operator. If TTT commutes with some non-zero compact operator KKK (i.e. TK=KTTK=KTTK=KT), then TTT has a non-trivial closed invariant subspace.

This is the form in which Lomonosov's theorem is usually quoted; it covers, for example, all operators that are polynomially compact.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_InvariantSubspaceProblem_Defs
Formal statement
namespace InvariantSubspaceProblem

theorem lomonosov (E : Type*) [NormedAddCommGroup E] [NormedSpace ℂ E] [CompleteSpace E]
    (hinf : ¬ FiniteDimensional ℂ E) (T K : E →L[ℂ] E) (hK : IsCompactOperator K)
    (hK0 : K ≠ 0) (hTK : T * K = K * T) :
    HasNontrivialClosedInvariantSubspace T := by sorry

end InvariantSubspaceProblem
Source
V. I. Lomonosov, Invariant subspaces for the family of operators which commute with a completely continuous operator, Funct. Anal. Appl. 7 (1973) 213–214, https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080698 , consequence of the main theorem.
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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 13, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by Lucas · Oct 13, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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