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We present maximality results in the setting of non necessarily bounded operators. In particular, we discuss and establish results showing when the “inclusion” between operators becomes a full equality.

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The authors would like to thank Professor Jan Stochel for Proposition 3.5 as well as Professor Bent Fuglede for Theorem 4.1. Both results were communicated to the corresponding author.

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Meziane, M., Mortad, M.H. Maximality of linear operators. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo, II. Ser 68, 441–451 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12215-018-0370-x

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