Small Transitive Families of Dense Operator Ranges

Abstract.

In complex, separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space there exist 5 proper dense operator ranges with the property that every operator leaving each of them invariant is a scalar multiple of the identity. The algebra of operators leaving a pair of proper dense operator ranges invariant can have an infinite nest of invariant subspaces. A slight extension of Foiaş' Theorem shows that it can also have a non-trivial reducing subspace.