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A note on roots and powers of partial isometries

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Let T be a bounded operator and let \(k \ge 2\) be an integer. We study in this paper the following question: T is a partial isometry implies that \(T^k\) is a partial isometry and conversely.

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Correspondence to E. H. Zerouali.

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This work is supported by the Labex CEMPI (ANR-11-LABX-0007-01), the Project URAC 03 of the National center of research and the Hassan II academy of sciences.

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Ezzahraoui, H., Mbekhta, M., Salhi, A. et al. A note on roots and powers of partial isometries. Arch. Math. 110, 251–259 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-017-1116-2

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